Chronicle Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Chronicle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chronicle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica191:151,0505,132
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
England71:7,959,723202,100
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Chronicle (98) may also be a first name.

Chronicle Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chronicle occurs most in Jamaica. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chronicle? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chronicle is the 3,185,033rd most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Chronicle reside; 50 percent reside in Caribbean and 50 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean. Chronicle is also the 956,749th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 98 people.

Chronicle is most frequently occurring in Jamaica, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 151,050. In Jamaica it is mostly found in: Cornwall County, where 89 percent live and Middlesex County, where 11 percent live. Outside of Jamaica Chronicle is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and England, where 18 percent live.

Chronicle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Chronicle has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Chronicle last name declined 30 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Chronicle
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