Barholomew Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Grenada

Barholomew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barholomew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Grenada11:108,5351,793

Barholomew (13) may also be a first name.

Barholomew Last Name Facts

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

Barholomew is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Barholomew.

How Common Is The Last Name Barholomew? popularity and diffusion

The surname Barholomew is the 4,427,875th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Barholomew are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread given name world-wide It is held by 13 people.

This last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England it is primarily found in: Derbyshire, where 63 percent are found, Cambridgeshire, where 13 percent are found and Greater London, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account England this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.

Barholomew Last Name Statistics demography

Barholomew earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barcholomew951/
Barchollomew911/
Bareaolomew861/
Barrholamew860/
Bahr El Muw574/
Barleymow530/

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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 Barholomew
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