Fraction Surname

167,036th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,590 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Fraction Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fraction Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2,0911:8,1871,245
United States4661:777,80960,305
Zimbabwe311:498,00841,116
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

Fraction (1,392) may also be a first name.

Fraction Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fraction is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fraction? popularity and diffusion

It is the 167,036th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,813,724 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Fraction live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Fraction is also the 209,670th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 1,392 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,091 people, or 1 in 8,187. Outside of Malawi Fraction exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Fraction Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fraction has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fraction last name grew 575 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fraction Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fraction last name are 30.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.78% being registered to vote for the political party.

Fraction earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.73% less than the national average, earning $32,908 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furaction941/
Frection8871/
Friction8816/
Fracting880/
Farooqation741/
Firkatian714/
Forcaccin713/
Fyrgatian712/
Furgatian711/
Frakishon711/
Fourgatian672/
Frakishoni671/

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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 Fraction
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