Flathers Surname

408,845th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 855 people bear this surname

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

Flathers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flathers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7741:468,29339,860
England391:1,428,66862,556
Canada381:969,62173,252
Wales41:773,63329,106
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1001:243,75417,902
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1151:436,68431,761

Flathers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flathers is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Flathers.

How Common Is The Last Name Flathers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 408,845th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 8,523,446 people. The surname Flathers is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Flathers live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 774 people, or 1 in 468,293. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 17 percent are found, Missouri, where 11 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Flathers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Flathers has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 673 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 61 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Flathers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Flathers surname are 3.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.76% registered with the political party.

The amount Flathers earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.17% more than the national average, earning $46,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.93% more than the national average, earning $56,107 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fleathers941/
Flaters932/
Flatters88682/
Flaterås8831/
Flithers881/
Flasters880/
Flahters880/
Fluiters7510/
Volthers757/
Fletherz756/
Valatharasu631/
Vallatharasu6034/

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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 Flathers
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