Hethersay Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Hethersay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hethersay Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:1,466,26563,675
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Hethersay Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hethersay is found most in England. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hethersay? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,141,416th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hethersay reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 1,466,265. In England Hethersay is most common in: Greater London, where 39 percent live, West Sussex, where 37 percent live and Worcestershire, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account England Hethersay is found in one country. It is also found in Portugal, where 3 percent live.

Hethersay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hethersay has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Hethersay last name expanded 760 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heithersay9536/
Hithersay89182/
Hothersay891/
Hethersey890/
Hittersay787/
Hithersoy781/
Athersa751/
Ethersee716/
Hetharsi712/
Hettersi711/
Hattersy710/
Ethersoe710/
Hetterschyt701/
Hattersey675/
Otersa671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Hethersay
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