Heavyside Surname

881,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Heavyside Surname Definition:

(English) Stout, Ponderous [Middle English hevy + side, Old English hefig +side]

Heavyside Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2111:264,06720,991
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England921:264,95018,810
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Heavyside Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Stout, Ponderous [Middle English hevy + side, Old English hefig +side]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Heavyside Last Name Facts

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

The surname Heavyside occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Heavyside click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Heavyside? popularity and diffusion

The last name Heavyside is the 881,213th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 23,815,510 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Heavyside reside; 70 percent reside in Northern Europe and 70 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 264,067. In England Heavyside is primarily found in: Greater Manchester, where 21 percent live, Cumbria, where 15 percent live and Merseyside, where 12 percent live. Apart from England this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Heavyside Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Heavyside has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Heavyside surname expanded 229 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 1,950 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Heavyside Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Heavyside surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Heavyside earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 36.47% less than the national average, earning R 150,960 per year; in United States they earn 20.03% more than the national average, earning $51,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 89.98% more than the national average, earning $94,386 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heavysides956/
Heavysid940/
Heaviside89528/
Heaveside892/
Heavisides84271/
Heavisided841/
Heavesides840/
Haviside8261/
Heavisde821/
Havizadeh6799/
Havessode6719/
Havsed678/
Havsda673/

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