Firguson Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Firguson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Firguson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Firguson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Firguson is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Firguson? popularity and diffusion

Firguson is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Firguson are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Firguson is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Firguson is most frequent in: Mississippi, where 50 percent live, Missouri, where 25 percent live and New York, where 25 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 33 percent live.

Firguson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Firguson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Firguson last name decreased 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Firguson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Firguson earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.66% more than the national average, earning $49,042 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
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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 Firguson
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