Estates Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Canada

Estates Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Estates Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Estates (57) may also be a first name.

Estates Last Name Facts

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

The surname Estates is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Estates? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Estates is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Estates are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Estates is also the 1,308,380th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 57 people.

The surname Estates is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa Estates is most prevalent in: Mpumalanga, where 80 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 10 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 42 percent live and Malaysia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eustates931/
Estate92121/
Eustate86134/
Estaute869/
Estaite868/
Eastate863/
Estotes862/
Estatte862/
Estateu862/
Estater861/
Estatie861/
Estetes861/
Eutates861/
Estgate860/
Etate8353/
Eastgate801,135/
Estauste8012/
Estaithe807/
Estatieh806/
Estaitte804/
Estaetis802/
Estaitie801/
Eustatte801/
Estather801/
Estati77255/
Getate77229/
Estote7712/
Ethate775/
Etatie774/
Estata774/
Etatte772/
Ettate771/
Eetate771/
Eatate771/
Itates771/
Istate771/
Hetate771/
Estaty771/
Estaitieh7514/
Estaytieh754/
Estatoy71101/
Hestati7179/
Estatio719/
Ettatte714/
Estauti713/
Estaita713/
Getaute712/
Esteite712/
Estatic712/
Eustote711/
Estatuy711/
Estatti711/
Hethate711/
Astetes711/
Etata67420/
Itate67297/
Etati6738/
Getautis6719/
Esteitie6715/
Estathio678/
Estaitih671/
Estettez671/
Estahati671/
Etote671/
Etaty671/

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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 Estates
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis