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
The surname Fidson is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fidson? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,683,218th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. Fidson is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Fidson live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 717,791st most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 163 people.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Not including Malawi this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Fidson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fidson has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 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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