Flexner Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

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

Flexner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flexner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1871:1,938,283125,322
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Flexner (18) may also be a first name.

Flexner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Flexner occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flexner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Flexner is the 1,222,957th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Flexner reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 18 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 1,938,283. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 10 percent live, Ohio, where 9 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Flexner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Flexner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Flexner surname rose 346 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Flexner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Flexner surname are 11.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.14% registered to vote for the political party.

Flexner earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.45% more than the national average, earning $55,425 USD per year.

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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 Flexner
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