Ferrguson Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Ferrguson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ferrguson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ferrguson Last Name Facts

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

Ferrguson is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ferrguson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ferrguson reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is mostly found in: Maine, where 25 percent are found, Montana, where 25 percent are found and Oregon, where 25 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 20 percent are found.

Ferrguson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ferrguson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ferrguson last name grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Ferrguson
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