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

Flathers is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flathers? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 408,845th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 8,523,446 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Flathers are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Flathers is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 774 people, or 1 in 468,293. In The United States Flathers is mostly concentrated in: California, where 17 percent reside, Missouri, where 11 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 11 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Flathers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Flathers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Flathers surname rose 673 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 61 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Flathers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Flathers surname are 3.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.76% registered with the 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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