Floate Surname

657,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Floate Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Floate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1871:297,95822,741
United States1291:2,809,759166,838
Australia971:278,30624,956
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England791:308,54920,627
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Floate Last Name Facts

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

The surname Floate occurs most in England. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Floate? popularity and diffusion

Floate is the 657,184th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. The last name Floate occurs predominantly in Europe, where 42 percent of Floate live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 297,958. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 10 percent live, Essex, where 9 percent live and Oxfordshire, where 9 percent live. Apart from England it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live and Australia, where 21 percent live.

Floate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Floate has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 237 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 2,580 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Floate Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Floate surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Floate earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 96.14% more than the national average, earning R 466,104 per year and in United States they earn 12.07% less than the national average, earning $37,940 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Floater9251/
Floathe9214/
Floatte921/
Float91216/
Floaster861/
Floata834/
Floaty830/
Flouati771/
Flaot7312/
Fload731/
Flaouter712/
Fellouat711/
Flaaut6727/
Flohot671/
Flaautt6223/
Flehaty623/
Flaheat622/
Flaouti621/
Phloyjat571/
Vlohayti571/
Flaheity570/
Floyod501/
Flyood501/

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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 Floate
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