Dividson Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Dividson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dividson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dividson (26) may also be a first name.

Dividson Last Name Facts

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

Dividson is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dividson.

How Common Is The Last Name Dividson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dividson is the 3,730,171st most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Dividson is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Dividson live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 26 people.

The surname Dividson is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 63 percent live, Abia, where 19 percent live and Rivers, where 19 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent live and Liberia, where 4 percent live.

Dividson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dividson has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dividson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dividson surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Dividson earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.81% less than the national average, earning $27,696 USD 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 Dividson
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