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 Happy Salary in
England
£29,757
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Happy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Happy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Happy (Hindi: हैप्पी, Oriya: ହାପି) is found in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Happy.
How Common Is The Last Name Happy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Happy is the 10,738th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 139,168 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Happy live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Happy is also the 3,010th most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 346,697 people.
Happy is most frequently held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 35,056 people, or 1 in 4,546. Barring Bangladesh this surname is found in 50 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.
Happy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Happy has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Happy surname fell 46 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Happy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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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