Distant Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Distant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 198 | 1:14,495 | 1,415 |
| United States | 80 | 1:4,530,737 | 237,840 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Distant (15) may also be a first name.
Distant Demographics
Average Distant Salary in
United States
$44,948 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Distant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Distant Come From? nationality or country of origin
Distant is found most in Jamaica. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Distant click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Distant? popularity and diffusion
The last name Distant is the 730,373rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. Distant occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Distant reside; 50 percent reside in Caribbean and 50 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Jamaica, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 14,495. In Jamaica it is mostly concentrated in: Cornwall County, where 42 percent are found, Surrey County, where 36 percent are found and Middlesex County, where 22 percent are found. Outside of Jamaica Distant exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.
Distant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Distant has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 8,000 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 471 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Distant Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Distant surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Distant earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.17% more than the national average, earning $44,948 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.88% less than the national average, earning $42,292 CAD 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
- 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 Distant
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