Flinders Surname

196,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,128 people bear this surname

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

Flinders Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Flanders'.

Flinders Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0121:358,16131,966
England8071:69,0437,973
Canada971:379,85133,859
Australia871:310,29526,919
Zimbabwe361:428,84037,622
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Wales131:238,04114,239
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Jersey31:33,0674,675
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
China21:683,660,78330,601
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
France21:33,211,361423,184
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3641:66,9657,625
Wales31:522,80514,314
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

Flinders (171) may also be a first name.

Flinders Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Flanders'.

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

(Scot.-Teut.) apparently a nickname for a Ragamuffin or Tatterdemalion [Scot. flinders, rags, fragments: cp. Dutch flenters, same meaning] Then up and spack the bauld barón, An angry man was hee; He’s tain the table wi’ his foot, Sae has he wi’ his knee; Till siller cup and mazer dish In flinders he gard flee [made fly].— 'Gil Morice’: Percy’s Reliques.

Hardly for Flanders.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Flinders Last Name Facts

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

The surname Flinders (Russian: Флиндерс) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Flinders? popularity and diffusion

It is the 196,862nd most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,424,599 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Flinders are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Flinders is also the 698,971st most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 171 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 1,012 people, or 1 in 358,161. In The United States Flinders is mostly found in: Utah, where 40 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Ohio, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States Flinders is found in 31 countries. It is also common in England, where 38 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Flinders Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Flinders has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Flinders last name expanded 1,946 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 222 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 433 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Flinders Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Flinders surname are 31.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 78.5% being registered with the party.

The amount Flinders earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.22% more than the national average, earning R 414,012 per year; in United States they earn 0.31% less than the national average, earning $43,017 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.84% less than the national average, earning $48,771 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Flinders Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flinders in the Russian language
Флиндерсflinders-

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