Armestrong Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Israel

Armestrong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Armestrong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1091:460,72233,053

Armestrong (16) may also be a first name.

Armestrong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Armestrong is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Armestrong? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Armestrong live; 75 percent live in South America and 75 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 16 people.

Armestrong is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 17,839,528. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Paraná, where 75 percent reside and São Paulo, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Brazil it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent reside and Egypt, where 6 percent reside.

Armestrong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Armestrong has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Armestrong surname decreased 99 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Armestrong Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Presbyterian (83%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Armastrong909/
Armostrong909/
Armistrong906/
Harmistrong861/
Armytrong841/
Armastrang802/
Ormistron741/
Armistran741/
Armitrone741/
Armistrom740/

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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 Armestrong
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