Distance Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Panama

Distance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Distance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:9,286,343223,652
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Distance (135) may also be a first name.

Distance Last Name Facts

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

The surname Distance is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Distance? popularity and diffusion

The surname Distance is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Distance are found; 67 percent are found in Northern Europe and 67 percent are found in British Isles. Distance is also the 797,647th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 135 people.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England Distance is most common in: Lincolnshire, where 100 percent reside. Besides England this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and Panama, where 11 percent reside.

Distance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Distance has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Distance last name decreased 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Distance Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Destance880/
Disthange821/
Destanci7579/
Distanza7524/
Detances751/
Destanque71199/
Destans6719/
D'Estanque672/
Destanques671/
Destains6319/
Detanger6317/
Destansh631/
Disteins631/
Detonche631/
Dittonger590/
Detans571/
Detains531/
Detanzy531/
Ditonsha501/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Distance
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis