Cartern Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cartern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cartern Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Cartern Last Name Facts

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

Cartern has its highest incidence in England. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cartern? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cartern is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Cartern occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Cartern live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England it is primarily concentrated in: West Midlands, where 50 percent live, Lancashire, where 17 percent live and Warwickshire, where 17 percent live. Besides England this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live.

Cartern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cartern has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cartern last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carthern93121/
Charthern8833/
Cartering881/
Sartern866/
Cartorn861/
Charterina82127/
Cartharn8077/
Carthorn8036/
Corthern802/
Kartherin751/
Kartheryn751/
Karterina751/
Quarterina7116/
Charthrene710/
Corthorn67231/
Kartorin671/
Korterink63338/
Kortering6370/
Kartirina632/
Courthorn630/
Korterina630/
Cortharin502/
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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 Cartern
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