Harlison Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Harlison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Harlison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Harlison (185) may also be a first name.

Harlison Last Name Facts

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

Harlison is most common in Malawi. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Harlison? popularity and diffusion

Harlison is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Harlison reside; 44 percent reside in Southern Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 669,105th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 185 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Apart from Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 22 percent reside and Liberia, where 11 percent reside.

Harlison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Harlison has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Harlison surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Harlison
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