Aaron Surname
Approximately 67,699 people bear this surname
Aaron Surname Definition:
(Hebrew) Lofty. [Hebrew Aharón].
Aaron Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,749 | 1:17,469 | 2,211 |
| Nigeria | 18,645 | 1:9,501 | 1,040 |
| Malawi | 4,810 | 1:3,559 | 474 |
| Chad | 4,429 | 1:3,069 | 523 |
| Rwanda | 3,411 | 1:3,332 | 821 |
| Ghana | 1,316 | 1:20,532 | 2,529 |
| Iran | 1,188 | 1:64,632 | 6,851 |
| South Africa | 1,180 | 1:45,913 | 5,863 |
| Tanzania | 1,039 | 1:50,954 | 5,659 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,021 | 1:15,121 | 2,126 |
| England | 1,013 | 1:55,003 | 6,682 |
| Philippines | 1,011 | 1:100,137 | 17,478 |
| Botswana | 789 | 1:2,772 | 344 |
| Papua New Guinea | 646 | 1:12,622 | 1,176 |
| Guyana | 592 | 1:1,288 | 210 |
| Colombia | 549 | 1:87,020 | 3,378 |
| Canada | 446 | 1:82,613 | 9,203 |
| Liberia | 388 | 1:11,362 | 1,237 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Australia | 336 | 1:80,344 | 9,348 |
| Kenya | 335 | 1:137,850 | 11,224 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 291 | 1:4,687 | 765 |
| France | 287 | 1:231,438 | 35,907 |
| Mexico | 266 | 1:466,640 | 8,631 |
| India | 265 | 1:2,894,586 | 87,884 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| Dominica | 169 | 1:449 | 111 |
| Afghanistan | 123 | 1:261,408 | 4,359 |
| Suriname | 121 | 1:4,567 | 989 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 103 | 1:963 | 164 |
| Venezuela | 99 | 1:305,092 | 6,989 |
| Singapore | 98 | 1:56,201 | 2,231 |
| Benin | 94 | 1:109,953 | 12,317 |
| China | 88 | 1:15,537,745 | 908 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Malaysia | 72 | 1:409,642 | 21,284 |
| Cameroon | 62 | 1:334,985 | 30,391 |
| Russia | 56 | 1:2,573,626 | 147,394 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Greece | 50 | 1:221,596 | 34,567 |
| New Zealand | 49 | 1:92,415 | 12,718 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Wales | 46 | 1:67,272 | 5,910 |
| United Arab Emirates | 43 | 1:213,076 | 14,246 |
| Jamaica | 38 | 1:75,525 | 3,602 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 36 | 1:3,066 | 520 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Scotland | 32 | 1:167,307 | 9,494 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Namibia | 21 | 1:114,733 | 9,093 |
| Romania | 21 | 1:956,089 | 52,327 |
| Marshall Islands | 20 | 1:2,591 | 585 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 19 | 1:2,873 | 305 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Barbados | 15 | 1:19,163 | 1,043 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Saint Lucia | 10 | 1:17,878 | 1,399 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Samoa | 9 | 1:21,534 | 479 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| British Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:4,513 | 453 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Montserrat | 4 | 1:1,237 | 187 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 399 | 1:61,091 | 7,127 |
| Wales | 58 | 1:27,042 | 1,534 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,747 | 1:28,746 | 3,508 |
The alternate forms: Aarón (18) & Aáron (1) are calculated separately.
Aaron (901,207) may also be a first name.
Aaron Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Hebrew) Lofty. [Hebrew Aharón].
“Mountain of Strength” in Hebrew.
(English) Descendant of Aaron (lofty mountain).
(from the name of a male ancestor) The following are common derivatives of this name: Agron, Agronsky, Aren, Arkin, Arkush, Orlik, Orun.
A common Jewish surname.
(Hebrew.) Signifies a mountaineer, or mount of strength.
Aaron Demographics
Average Aaron Salary in
United States
$40,378 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Aaron Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aaron Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aaron (Arabic: اعرون, Georgian: აარონ, Hindi: ऐरन, Marathi: आरोन, Russian: Аарон) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Aarón or Aáron. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aaron? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,413th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 107,646 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Aaron are found; 37 percent are found in West Africa and 30 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aaron is also the 1,028th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 901,207 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 20,749 people, or 1 in 17,469. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 12 percent reside, Georgia, where 11 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 137 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 28 percent reside and Malawi, where 7 percent reside.
Aaron Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Aaron has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,188 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 254 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it fell 21 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 320 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Aaron Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Aaron last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Protestant (25%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Aaron surname are 13.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.33% being registered with the party.
The amount Aaron earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 3.65% less than the national average, earning R 228,960 per year; in Colombia they earn 9.05% less than the national average, earning $20,647,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.42% less than the national average, earning $40,378 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.32% more than the national average, earning $62,263 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aaron Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron in the Georgian language | ||
| აარონ | aaron | - |
| Aaron in the Hindi language | ||
| ऐरन | airana | 50 |
| एरोन | erona | 50 |
| Aaron in the Marathi language | ||
| आरोन | arona | 48.45 |
| अॅरोन | aerona | 5.15 |
| एरॉन | erona | 5.15 |
| अरोन | arona | 5.15 |
| ऑरोन | orona | 4.12 |
| ऍरोन | erona | 4.12 |
| एरोन | erona | 2.06 |
| अरन | arana | 2.06 |
| रोना | rona | 2.06 |
| अँरोन | amrona | 2.06 |
| अहरोन | aharona | 2.06 |
| रॉन | rona | 2.06 |
| ऐरोन | airona | 2.06 |
| ऍरॉन | erona | 2.06 |
| शारोन | sarona | 1.03 |
| आरॉन | arona | 1.03 |
| नरोना | narona | 1.03 |
| अॅरॉन | aerona | 1.03 |
| आरुन | aruna | 1.03 |
| अेरॉन | aerona | 1.03 |
| ऐरॉन | airona | 1.03 |
| अरेन | arena | 1.03 |
| नरोन् | naron | 1.03 |
| Aaron in the Russian language | ||
| Аарон | aaron | - |
| Aaron in the Arabic language | ||
| اعرون | arwn | - |
| عارون | arwn | - |
| آرون | arwn | - |
| ارون | arwn | - |
| هرون | hrwn | - |
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Aaron Reference & Research
Aaron DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Aaron FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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