Earnest Surname
Approximately 12,619 people bear this surname
Earnest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,663 | 1:33,992 | 4,246 |
| Nigeria | 800 | 1:221,428 | 13,065 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| India | 250 | 1:3,068,262 | 91,248 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| New Zealand | 34 | 1:133,186 | 15,994 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Guyana | 8 | 1:95,278 | 6,792 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,099 | 1:23,925 | 2,970 |
Earnest (40,551) may also be a first name.
Earnest Demographics
Average Earnest Salary in
United States
$41,046 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Earnest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Earnest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Earnest (Hindi: एअर्नेस्त, Marathi: अरने) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Earnest.
How Common Is The Last Name Earnest? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 41,390th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 577,506 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Earnest are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Earnest is also the 21,954th most frequent forename worldwide, held by 40,551 people.
The surname Earnest is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 10,663 people, or 1 in 33,992. In The United States Earnest is most frequent in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, Georgia, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States Earnest exists in 51 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 2 percent are found.
Earnest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Earnest has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 508 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Earnest Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Earnest are 19.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.23% being registered with the political party.
The amount Earnest earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 256.38% more than the national average, earning R 846,888 per year; in United States they earn 4.87% less than the national average, earning $41,046 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.68% more than the national average, earning $52,007 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Earnest Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Earnest in the Marathi language | ||
| अरने | arane | 90 |
| एरने | erane | 6.67 |
| करेस | karesa | 3.33 |
| Earnest in the Hindi language | ||
| एअर्नेस्त | e'arnesta | 14.29 |
| अरनस्ट | aranasta | 14.29 |
| आरनेस्ट | aranesta | 14.29 |
| अनिष्ट | anista | 14.29 |
| अर्नेस्ट | arnesta | 14.29 |
| अर्नस्ट | arnasta | 14.29 |
| अरनेस्ट | aranesta | 14.29 |
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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 Earnest
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