Duncans Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Duncans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Duncans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States821:4,420,231233,612
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Latvia41:512,51230,386
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:1,024,87160,160

Duncans (15) may also be a first name.

Duncans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Duncans occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Duncans.

How Common Is The Last Name Duncans? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,746,159th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Duncans live; 76 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 15 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 4,420,231. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 18 percent live, Florida, where 17 percent live and California, where 15 percent live. Other than The United States Duncans occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 10 percent live and Japan, where 5 percent live.

Duncans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Duncans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Duncans surname expanded 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Duncans Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Duncans surname are 23.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76.47% being registered to vote for the political party.

Duncans earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.58% less than the national average, earning $26,071 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 Duncans
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