Flor Surname

8,922nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63,510 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Flor Surname User-submission:

The Flor surname means 'flower', and flores is the plural of it.

Flor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil23,7881:8,999543
Philippines8,5841:11,7941,172
Colombia7,2911:6,552863
Paraguay4,0851:1,772287
Spain3,2591:14,3461,644
Ecuador2,7851:5,711955
Angola2,3661:11,4071,401
United States2,0631:175,69517,641
Argentina1,3301:32,1382,682
Germany1,3011:61,8807,947
Portugal1,2551:8,301745
Mexico1,0311:120,3944,127
Peru9141:34,7753,390
Poland5431:69,99810,961
Italy3081:198,56128,720
Taiwan2741:85,565862
Austria2501:34,0625,465
Canada2081:177,14217,704
Australia2031:132,98414,423
Israel1761:48,6236,414
Russia1701:847,78368,532
Dominican Republic1621:64,4013,114
France1191:558,17475,634
Norway991:51,9427,451
Liberia751:58,7805,161
Cuba701:164,6103,825
Romania661:304,21027,263
Denmark611:92,5368,820
El Salvador451:140,9751,842
Uruguay431:79,8088,179
England421:1,326,62059,571
Chile391:451,70411,842
Venezuela321:943,87714,561
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Haiti251:427,35610,652
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
Ireland221:214,0438,362
Czechia221:483,34051,393
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Belarus161:593,81652,198
Panama161:244,5166,353
Ukraine161:2,845,168170,459
India151:51,137,692512,385
Slovenia151:165,84514,188
Cape Verde141:37,8321,392
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Bolivia121:884,7034,698
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Moldova71:508,76732,975
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Guatemala61:2,680,4456,792
Honduras61:1,469,4075,474
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
China41:341,830,39216,990
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Transnistria21:237,35016,204
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:1,068,48362,061

The alternate forms: Flôr (132), Flór (95) & Flõr (1) are calculated separately.

Flor (687,519) may also be a first name.

Flor Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Flor surname means 'flower', and flores is the plural of it.

- brunoflor

Flor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flor (Russian: Флор) is found most frequently in Brazil. It can be found in the variant forms: Flôr, Flór or Flõr. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flor? popularity and diffusion

Flor is the 8,922nd most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 114,746 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Flor are found; 63 percent are found in South America and 37 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,412th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 687,519 people.

This last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 23,788 people, or 1 in 8,999. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 15 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent live and Pernambuco, where 9 percent live. Outside of Brazil it occurs in 99 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 14 percent live and Colombia, where 11 percent live.

Flor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Flor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Flor surname increased 4,389 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 4,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Flor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Flor last name are 6.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.76% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Flor earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 12.77% less than the national average, earning 301,891 kr per year; in Peru they earn 20.01% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,263 per year; in South Africa they earn 3.31% less than the national average, earning R 229,776 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.92% less than the national average, earning $19,315,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning $43,723 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.09% more than the national average, earning $53,207 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flôr92132/
Flór9295/
Flõr921/
Flore8912,065/
Flohr8911,108/
Floor893,083/
Flour89793/
Floer89722/
Fluor89246/
Flyor89103/
Florz8951/
Florå8932/
Flord8929/
Fhlor8920/
Flior8918/
Florh897/
Florr896/
Flort894/
Fllor893/
Flhor892/
Floir891/
Floyr891/
Floore80397/
Flohre80265/
Floure80113/
Fillor8079/
Floehr8059/
Flouhr8025/
Florre8021/
Floohr8015/
Flordh809/
Floire805/
Fellor805/
Floord802/
Fllore802/
Floorz801/
Floyrd801/
Florrd801/
Florhs801/
Flür75311/
Flur75187/
Flar7571/
Florova731,739/
Florová73212/
Flourre7313/
Fillord736/
Fellour733/
Florchz731/
Fillour731/
Fellior730/
Fleur678,351/
Fluhr672,041/
Flyorova67245/
Flühr67205/
Flahr67158/
Flure6776/
Flyur6751/
Flart6749/
Fluur6747/
Flaar6730/
Flaur6727/
Pflur6716/
Fluør6712/
Flard679/
Flóhr678/
Fflur678/
Fluir677/
Flohrová677/
Flare676/
Phlor675/
Fliar674/
Flurr672/
Flourova671/
Flhur671/
Flurh671/
Flhar671/
Fillyore670/
Flarr670/

Flor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flor in the Russian language
Флорflor-

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