Exeter Surname

491,125th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 674 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Exeter Surname Definition:

The chief town of Devonshire. A Baldwin de Exeter was a tenant in chief in that county at the compilation of Domesday.

Exeter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1691:329,69324,334
New Zealand1561:29,0285,072
United States1361:2,665,139160,299
Australia501:539,91440,287
Canada401:921,14070,350
Trinidad and Tobago251:54,5594,614
Guyana241:31,7593,401
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines211:5,365624
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Wales61:515,75523,171
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England651:375,00623,176
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Exeter (20) may also be a first name.

Exeter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The chief town of Devonshire. A Baldwin de Exeter was a tenant in chief in that county at the compilation of Domesday.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Exeter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Exeter (Arabic: اكستر) occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Exeter? popularity and diffusion

It is the 491,125th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 10,812,383 people. The last name Exeter is mostly found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Exeter are found; 31 percent are found in Australasia and 31 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held given name throughout the world, borne by 20 people.

This surname is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 329,693. In England Exeter is mostly found in: Devon, where 20 percent are found, Greater London, where 16 percent are found and Kent, where 9 percent are found. Apart from England it occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Exeter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Exeter has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Exeter surname grew 260 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,511 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Exeter Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Exeter 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.

The amount Exeter earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 13.53% more than the national average, earning $48,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.11% more than the national average, earning $69,613 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egeter83227/
Exater834/
Eseter831/
Egetter7716/
Eigeter772/
Exateur772/
Esether772/
Egseter772/
Ekzeter771/
Ecetter771/
Edgeter770/
Egether770/
Eidseter7152/
Eikseter712/
Essetier711/
Eggester710/
Existe6723/
Eidsether6717/
Geszejter6714/
Eşiter6711/
Ecetre674/
Esiter672/
Eshechter671/
Izeter671/

Exeter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Exeter in the Arabic language
اكسترakstr-

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