Flash Surname
Approximately 2,298 people bear this surname
Flash Surname Definition:
See under Flashman. The Prompt. Parv. defines flasshe as ' watyr,' and under plasche we have "flasche, where rayne watyr stondythe." Mr. Way says, "a shallow pool, in low Latin flachia, flasca, Old French flache or flesque." Camden, in his Britannia, applies the term to those artificial reservoirs in Sussex which had been formed for the driving of iron-mills.
Read More About This SurnameFlash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 713 | 1:508,358 | 42,645 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Jamaica | 260 | 1:11,038 | 1,161 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| England | 160 | 1:348,238 | 25,208 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| Israel | 27 | 1:316,949 | 27,106 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 78 | 1:643,829 | 42,510 |
Flash (1,162) may also be a first name.
Flash Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
See under Flashman. The Prompt. Parv. defines flasshe as ' watyr,' and under plasche we have "flasche, where rayne watyr stondythe." Mr. Way says, "a shallow pool, in low Latin flachia, flasca, Old French flache or flesque." Camden, in his Britannia, applies the term to those artificial reservoirs in Sussex which had been formed for the driving of iron-mills.
Flash Demographics
Flash Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Flash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Flash Come From? nationality or country of origin
Flash (Arabic: فلش) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Flash? popularity and diffusion
Flash is the 184,580th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,171,256 people. The surname Flash is primarily found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Flash live; 34 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in Anglo-North America. Flash is also the 233,099th most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 1,162 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 713 people, or 1 in 508,358. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 17 percent live, Florida, where 11 percent live and Texas, where 9 percent live. Other than The United States it exists in 84 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 20 percent live and Jamaica, where 11 percent live.
Flash Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Flash has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Flash surname grew 914 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,067 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Flash Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (76%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Flash last name are 7.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.91% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Flash earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.78% less than the national average, earning R 100,320 per year; in United States they earn 9.88% more than the national average, earning $47,411 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.61% less than the national average, earning $45,901 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Flash Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Flash in the Arabic language | ||
| فلش | flsh | - |
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