Atterton Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Atterton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atterton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2131:1,701,685112,840
England2011:277,20421,667
Australia1111:243,20522,593
Canada451:818,79163,991
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malta11:430,2723,380
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1321:184,66215,113
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Atterton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Atterton is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Atterton click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Atterton? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 539,451st most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 12,227,426 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Atterton are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Atterton is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 1,701,685. In The United States Atterton is mostly found in: Tennessee, where 38 percent live, Georgia, where 16 percent live and Utah, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in England, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 19 percent live.

Atterton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Atterton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Atterton surname increased 1,121 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 152 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Atterton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Atterton are 31.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.13% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Atterton earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.59% less than the national average, earning $40,306 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.97% more than the national average, earning $54,139 CAD 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 Atterton
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