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

Floate occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Floate? popularity and diffusion

The surname Floate is the 657,184th most commonly held last name globally, held by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. The surname Floate occurs mostly in Europe, where 42 percent of Floate live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Floate is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 297,958. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 10 percent are found, Essex, where 9 percent are found and Oxfordshire, where 9 percent are found. Not including England it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 21 percent are found.

Floate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Floate has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Floate last name grew 237 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 2,580 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Floate Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Floate last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political 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
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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 Floate
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