Cashmere Surname

528,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Cashmere Surname Definition:

Does not refer to the "far-off East," but to some English locality unknown to me. Mere is not un-frequent as a termination.

Cashmere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2911:92,76910,602
United States2571:1,410,34697,237
New Zealand281:161,72618,041
England141:3,979,861125,553
China41:341,830,39216,990
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Cashmere (345) may also be a first name.

Cashmere Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Does not refer to the "far-off East," but to some English locality unknown to me. Mere is not un-frequent as a termination.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

This name and Cashmer are both found in the U.S. They are probably from some English local name ending in mere or more, from Anglo-Saxon mœre, a lake, pool, marsh; or mór, waste land, a moor.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Cashmere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cashmere is found most in Australia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Cashmere.

How Common Is The Last Name Cashmere? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 528,890th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,907,755 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Cashmere live; 52 percent live in Australasia and 52 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Cashmere is also the 469,697th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 345 people.

The last name Cashmere is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 291 people, or 1 in 92,769. In Australia it is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 73 percent live, Victoria, where 11 percent live and Australian Capital Territory, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Australia Cashmere is found in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 42 percent live and New Zealand, where 5 percent live.

Cashmere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cashmere has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,428 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 60 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cashmere Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cashmere surname are 7.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.42% being registered to vote for the political party.

Cashmere earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.6% more than the national average, earning $52,471 USD per year.

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