Fireson Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Fireson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fireson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
England101:5,571,806158,774
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Fireson (16) may also be a first name.

Fireson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fireson is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Fireson click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fireson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fireson is the 3,274,477th most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Fireson live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 16 people.

The surname Fireson is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 3,009,872. In South Africa Fireson is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 72 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 22 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.

Fireson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fireson has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fireson Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Fireson earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 29.35% more than the national average, earning R 307,392 per year and in United States they earn 21.09% more than the national average, earning $52,250 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
  • 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 Fireson
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