Fergunson Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Fergunson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fergunson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Panama501:78,2453,248
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Nicaragua41:1,505,2725,843
Cuba31:3,840,90513,116
England21:27,859,030389,889
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Fergunson (21) may also be a first name.

Fergunson Last Name Facts

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

Fergunson occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fergunson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,565,797th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Fergunson reside; 47 percent reside in Central America and 47 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. Fergunson is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 21 people.

Fergunson is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 7,249,179. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 22 percent are found, Texas, where 22 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States Fergunson occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Panama, where 38 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.

Fergunson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fergunson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fergunson surname increased 625 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fergunson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Fergunson last name is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Fergunson surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

Fergunson earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.05% less than the national average, earning $27,595 USD per year.

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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 Fergunson
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