Esperance Surname
Approximately 18,357 people bear this surname
Esperance Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 5,581 | 1:2,036 | 486 |
| Haiti | 5,181 | 1:2,062 | 306 |
| Chad | 3,659 | 1:3,715 | 615 |
| DR Congo | 3,030 | 1:24,383 | 3,068 |
| France | 382 | 1:173,881 | 27,071 |
| United States | 293 | 1:1,237,061 | 87,515 |
| Burundi | 49 | 1:200,099 | 357 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Espérance (25) & Éspèrance (1) are calculated separately.
Esperance (195,015) may also be a first name.
Esperance Demographics
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Esperance Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esperance Come From? nationality or country of origin
Esperance (Marathi: एसपरान्स) is most common in Rwanda. It may also be rendered as: Espérance or Éspèrance. Click here to see other potential spellings of Esperance.
How Common Is The Last Name Esperance? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 29,235th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 396,990 people. The surname Esperance is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Esperance live; 32 percent live in East Africa and 31 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Esperance is also the 5,372nd most numerous forename globally, borne by 195,015 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Rwanda, where it is held by 5,581 people, or 1 in 2,036. Beside Rwanda Esperance occurs in 45 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 28 percent are found and Chad, where 20 percent are found.
Esperance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Esperance has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,724 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Esperance Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Esperance last name are 28.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 81.25% registered with the party.
The amount Esperance earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.69% more than the national average, earning $43,877 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.5% less than the national average, earning $41,486 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Espérance | 96 | 25 | / |
| Eszperance | 95 | 1 | / |
| Esperannce | 95 | 1 | / |
| Éspèrance | 93 | 1 | / |
| D'Esperance | 90 | 1 | / |
| Esperanca | 89 | 1,171 | / |
| Esperonce | 89 | 63 | / |
| Esperanse | 89 | 5 | / |
| Experance | 89 | 4 | / |
| Esperanze | 89 | 2 | / |
| Esperancy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Esperansie | 84 | 1 | / |
| Esperanz | 82 | 2 | / |
| Esperanza | 78 | 14,640 | / |
| Esperansa | 78 | 125 | / |
| Esperonse | 78 | 44 | / |
| Esperonci | 78 | 2 | / |
| Esperansi | 78 | 2 | / |
| Esperanzi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Espironce | 78 | 1 | / |
| Esperanssa | 74 | 12 | / |
| Eesperanza | 74 | 4 | / |
| Espirancis | 74 | 3 | / |
| Espperanza | 74 | 2 | / |
| Espereanza | 74 | 2 | / |
| Esperanzzi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Espperança | 74 | 1 | / |
| Esperranza | 74 | 1 | / |
| Eperanza | 71 | 5 | / |
| Espiranza | 67 | 17 | / |
| Esperonza | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ezperanza | 67 | 4 | / |
| Isperanza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Espéranza | 67 | 2 | / |
| Espiransa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ipirange | 59 | 1 | / |
| Yipiranci | 56 | 1 | / |
| Eppiransi | 56 | 1 | / |
Esperance Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esperance in the Marathi language | ||
| एसपरान्स | esaparansa | 35.29 |
| एसपेरेन्स | esaperensa | 23.53 |
| पेरांच्स | perancsa | 5.88 |
| एसपरान् | esaparan | 5.88 |
| पेरन्स | peransa | 5.88 |
| एसपरांज | esaparanja | 5.88 |
| पेरन् | peran | 5.88 |
| पेरान्स | peransa | 5.88 |
| पेरांस | peransa | 5.88 |
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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
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- 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 Esperance
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