Acheron Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Acheron Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Acheron Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1021:651,20384,246
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719

Acheron (12) may also be a first name.

Acheron Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Acheron Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Acheron is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Acheron? popularity and diffusion

The last name Acheron is the 1,701,480th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. Acheron is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Acheron live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Acheron is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name in the world, held by 12 people.

This last name is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 651,203. In France Acheron is most numerous in: Guadeloupe, where 34 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 33 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 26 percent reside. Beside France this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Acheron Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Acheron has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people carrying the Acheron surname fell 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Acheron Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Acheron
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