Fidson Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Fidson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Fidson (163) may also be a first name.
Fidson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fidson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fidson is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fidson? popularity and diffusion
Fidson is the 1,683,218th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Fidson live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Fidson is also the 717,791st most widespread forename at a global level. It is borne by 163 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Excluding Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Fidson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fidson has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Fidson surname grew 267 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 67 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
- 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 Fidson
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