Farmers Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Farmers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farmers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:3,714,537119,675
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Farmers (26) may also be a first name.

Farmers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Farmers occurs most in England. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Farmers.

How Common Is The Last Name Farmers? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Farmers are found; 83 percent are found in Northern Europe and 83 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 26 people.

The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,714,537. In England Farmers is primarily concentrated in: Hampshire, where 47 percent reside, Leicestershire, where 27 percent reside and Northamptonshire, where 27 percent reside. Apart from England it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 6 percent reside and Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.

Farmers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Farmers has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Farmers last name decreased 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fermers861/
Vormers7111/
Vermers710/
Vermeers6775/
Vermersh6725/
Vermeirs674/
Vermiers672/
Vermersch631,359/
Vermeersh635/
Vermeersch599,748/
Vermeirsch59210/
Vermmersch591/
Vermiersch591/
Vermerrsch591/
Vermmeersch561/

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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 Farmers
  • 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