Andertson Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Andertson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Andertson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Andertson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Andertson is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Andertson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Andertson is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Andertson live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Andertson is mostly concentrated in: Arkansas, where 50 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 50 percent are found. Other than The United States Andertson occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and Venezuela, where 25 percent are found.

Andertson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Andertson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Andertson surname decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anderdson8917/
Anderzon82268/
Andercon827/
Handerzon782/
Anderzohn782/
Anderhzon781/
Andredson781/
Anderzén71180/
Anderzen7134/
Andercen711/
Anderzèn711/
Handirzon672/

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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 Andertson
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