Honors Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Honors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Honors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1201:3,020,491176,226
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Honors Last Name Facts

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

The surname Honors is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Honors? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,628,521st most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Honors occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Honors reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Honors is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 3,020,491. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 33 percent live, Florida, where 25 percent live and Texas, where 12 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Honors Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Honors has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Honors surname grew 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Honors Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Honors surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

Honors earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.4% more than the national average, earning $52,385 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Honorsz9230/
Honnors9226/
Honours921/
Honhorst8628/
Hohnorst861/
Hoonhors860/
Honurs831/
Onnors831/
Honers831/
Honars830/
Hohnhorst80469/
Hoonhorst80281/
Hoeners7710/
Honeers771/
Haunors770/
Hamnors770/
Hannors770/
Anors7360/
Oners730/
Ahnhorst716/
Hunhorst715/
Honneurs712/
Hoehners711/
Honhurst711/
Haunhorst67329/
Onarse67183/
Heners6732/
Höners6723/
Onners6713/
Haners676/
Hohnhurst676/
Haunnorst674/
Henars672/
Hoonharst671/
Ahners671/
Anoers671/
Ungors671/
Anorse671/
Ennors670/
Ooners670/
Hanars670/
Jonars670/

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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 Honors
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis