Happy Surname
Approximately 52,365 people bear this surname
Happy Surname Definition:
Alexander Happy, shoemaker, burgess of Dumbarton, 1762 (RDB.). Lower has the name as English but gives no satisfactory explanation.
Happy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 35,056 | 1:4,546 | 416 |
| Uganda | 8,234 | 1:4,741 | 860 |
| Nigeria | 4,714 | 1:37,578 | 3,032 |
| Ghana | 1,524 | 1:17,730 | 2,249 |
| Indonesia | 811 | 1:163,069 | 15,889 |
| Cameroon | 646 | 1:32,150 | 4,334 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Kenya | 261 | 1:176,934 | 13,356 |
| India | 137 | 1:5,599,017 | 134,774 |
| Botswana | 132 | 1:16,568 | 3,236 |
| Iran | 102 | 1:752,770 | 38,519 |
| Canada | 95 | 1:387,848 | 34,448 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 39 | 1:625,009 | 31,098 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 254 | 1:197,711 | 17,239 |
Happy (346,697) may also be a first name.
Happy Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Alexander Happy, shoemaker, burgess of Dumbarton, 1762 (RDB.). Lower has the name as English but gives no satisfactory explanation.
Happy Demographics
Average Male Happy Height
176.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Happy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Happy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Happy (Hindi: हैप्पी, Oriya: ହାପି) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Happy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,738th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 139,168 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Happy live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,010th most prevalent forename worldwide It is held by 346,697 people.
Happy is most widespread in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 35,056 people, or 1 in 4,546. Excluding Bangladesh this last name exists in 50 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Happy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Happy has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Happy last name declined 46 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Happy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
The amount Happy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.46% less than the national average, earning R 34,560 per year and in Canada they earn 3.63% less than the national average, earning $47,879 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Happy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Happy in the Oriya language | ||
| ହାପି | hapi | - |
| Happy in the Hindi language | ||
| हैप्पी | haippi | 97.22 |
| हप्पी | happi | 2.78 |
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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
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- 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 Happy
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