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

Hercules is found in El Salvador more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Hércules, Hercūles or Hèrcules. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 46,789^th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 658,018 people. Hercules occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Hercules are found; 49 percent are found in Central America and 49 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. Hercules is also the 35,036^th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 22,148 people.

This surname is most widely held in El Salvador, where it is borne by 2,933 people, or 1 in 2,163. In El Salvador Hercules is most frequent in: Chalatenango Department, where 26 percent are found, San Salvador Department, where 25 percent are found and La Libertad Department, where 20 percent are found. Excluding El Salvador Hercules is found in 66 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Honduras, where 21 percent are found.

Hercules Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Hercules has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hercules surname grew 2,254 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 3,880 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hercules Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Hercules surname are 11.76% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.99% being registered with the political party.

The amount Hercules earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 14.1% more than the national average, earning R 271,152 per year; in United States they earn 8.5% less than the national average, earning $39,481 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.13% more than the national average, earning $52,728 CAD per year.