Flail Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Flail Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flail Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1701:2,132,111135,040
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Flail (59) may also be a first name.

Flail Last Name Facts

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

Flail is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Flail? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,305,105th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name Flail is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Flail are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,282,666th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 59 people.

Flail is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 2,132,111. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 59 percent are found, New Jersey, where 9 percent are found and Georgia, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Flail Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Flail has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Flail surname grew 586 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Flail Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Flail are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.56% registered with the party.

Flail earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.36% less than the national average, earning $39,111 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flaile912/
Flaill911/
Flal899/
Flale8036/
Fliel802/
Flald801/
Flael801/
Flaal801/
Flayl800/
Fleil800/
Flaul800/
Flayol73158/
Fillal7319/
Fellal736/
Flatel732/
Flesil732/
Flayel732/
Flattl732/
Fleyal731/
Fleald731/
Flauel730/
Floyal730/
Flayle730/
Flajole67154/
Flichel6759/
Flisell6719/
Flel6711/
Flaugli676/
Flawell675/
Flauell674/
Fleitel673/
Fleisel672/
Fleuill671/
Fljl671/
Flayell671/
Flaysel671/
Flitlet671/
Flissel671/
Flausel671/
Villail671/
Flugiel671/
Fillale671/
Fleusil671/
Flattel671/
Flautel670/
Flitell670/

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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 Flail
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