View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Given Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Given (Arabic: معين) is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Given? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 59,463^rd most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 858,672 people. The last name Given is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Given reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 12,344^th most frequently used given name globally, held by 80,172 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5,083 people, or 1 in 71,308. In The United States Given is most prevalent in: California, where 10 percent reside, West Virginia, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States Given is found in 57 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

Given Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Given has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Given surname expanded 310 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,006 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 168 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 63 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Given Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Presbyterian (29%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States Given are 8.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.14% registered with the party.

The amount Given earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.81% more than the national average, earning $45,657 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.05% more than the national average, earning $54,181 CAD per year.