Flanders Surname

34,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,363 people bear this surname

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

Flanders Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Flanders,' an immigrant from the Low Countries, a well-known Cambridgeshire surname. It is curious to note that a 'de Flanders' was settled there in the 13th century. Probably he was the progenitor of all the Flanders in the county.

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Flanders Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,0071:30,1873,755
England9591:58,1006,977
Australia6401:42,1815,388
Saint Martin4891:7229
Canada4191:87,9379,722
Trinidad and Tobago2051:6,6541,004
South Africa901:601,97445,802
Grenada821:1,324247
New Zealand591:76,75111,256
Netherlands561:301,55735,980
Saint Kitts and Nevis531:1,041202
France501:1,328,454133,611
Scotland301:178,4619,900
Wales281:110,5198,545
Aruba231:4,499638
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Afghanistan181:1,786,28813,520
British Virgin Islands151:2,106271
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
China41:341,830,39216,990
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Anguilla11:13,436792
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
San Marino11:33,214932
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6961:35,0224,588
Scotland191:197,0117,414
Wales181:87,1343,963
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5421:14,1781,813

Flanders (65) may also be a first name.

Flanders Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Flanders,' an immigrant from the Low Countries, a well-known Cambridgeshire surname. It is curious to note that a 'de Flanders' was settled there in the 13th century. Probably he was the progenitor of all the Flanders in the county. On the other hand, the 'de Flandres' of Yorkshire have left no descendants, unless the surname was changed to Fleming, which see.

Jacobus de Flandres, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas Flandres, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Robertus del Flaunderes, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Flaundres, 1379: ibid.

Johannes de Flaundre, 1379:

1800. Married — William Bateman and Ann Flanders: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Belonging to Flanders, the French Flandre, Dutch Vlaanderen, Ger. Flandern [poss. related to Latin plan-um, a plain]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Flanders (plain), a medieval county extending along the coast of the Low Countries.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From the country. See Fleming.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. A name given to a native of Flanders, a County or Earldom of the Low Countries, or Netherlands. It took its name either from Flandrina, the wife of Liderick II., Prince of Buc, or from Flambert, the nephew of Clodion, King of France.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Or Flaunders. The English version of Flandrensis, a common name in England from the Conquest, and which speaks for itself. See Fleming.

The Norman People (1874)

From the German, Flanter; in the Domesday Book, Flandren; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Flanders Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Flanders? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 34,491st most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 474,357 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Flanders are found; 78 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,212,820th most common first name in the world, borne by 65 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 12,007 people, or 1 in 30,187. In The United States it is most common in: Georgia, where 9 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States Flanders exists in 62 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Flanders Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Flanders has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Flanders surname expanded 339 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 138 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 158 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 156 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Flanders Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Flanders last name are 12.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.89% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Flanders earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 44.73% more than the national average, earning R 343,944 per year; in United States they earn 0.11% more than the national average, earning $43,196 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.26% less than the national average, earning $49,552 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fleanders946/
Flaunders944/
Flianders941/
Flannders940/
Flenders8836/
Flonders8822/
Flandars880/
Flounders82982/
Phlanders822/
Villanders781/
Phillanders7428/

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