Generals Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

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

Generals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Generals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:8,429,278367,833
England21:27,859,030389,889
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States931:539,98637,316

Generals Last Name Facts

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

The surname Generals occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Generals? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,876,555th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Generals are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Generals is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 8,429,278. In The United States Generals is mostly concentrated in: New Jersey, where 58 percent are found, Texas, where 23 percent are found and New York, where 5 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent are found and Vietnam, where 2 percent are found.

Generals Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Generals has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Generals last name declined 54 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Generals Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Generals last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Generals earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.9% less than the national average, earning $41,467 USD per year.

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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 Generals
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