Bohannan Surname

169,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,539 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Bohannan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bohannan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4151:150,08715,448
England1011:551,66433,983
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6981:71,9477,730

Bohannan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bohannan occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bohannan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 169,884th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,870,243 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Bohannan are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 2,415 people, or 1 in 150,087. In The United States Bohannan is mostly found in: Texas, where 17 percent live, Arkansas, where 11 percent live and Missouri, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Bohannan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bohannan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bohannan last name grew 346 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 777 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bohannan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bohannan last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Bohannan last name are 14.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.73% being registered with the party.

Bohannan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.71% less than the national average, earning $41,980 USD 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
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  • 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 Bohannan
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