Alerson Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Alerson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alerson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Alerson (902) may also be a first name.

Alerson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alerson occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alerson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Alerson live; 39 percent live in Southern Africa and 39 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Alerson is also the 270,251st most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 902 people.

The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa Alerson is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 89 percent reside and Gauteng, where 11 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Brazil, where 22 percent reside.

Alerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Alerson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Alerson surname declined 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Alerson Last Name Statistics demography

Alerson earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.84% less than the national average, earning R 157,224 per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Alerson
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