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 found most in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fidson? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,683,218th most numerous last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Fidson reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 717,791st most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 163 people.
It is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Besides Malawi this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Fidson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fidson has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Fidson last name increased 267 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 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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