Honour Surname
Approximately 2,085 people bear this surname
Honour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,259 | 1:44,256 | 5,600 |
| United States | 323 | 1:1,122,164 | 80,931 |
| Australia | 138 | 1:195,621 | 19,280 |
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| Chile | 36 | 1:489,346 | 12,617 |
| Wales | 35 | 1:88,415 | 7,250 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Northern Ireland | 16 | 1:115,315 | 6,804 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Isle of Man | 8 | 1:10,728 | 2,153 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 475 | 1:51,317 | 6,228 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
Honour (987) may also be a first name.
Honour Demographics
Average Honour Salary in
United States
$54,329 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Honour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Honour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Honour occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Honour? popularity and diffusion
It is the 200,223rd most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,495,226 people. The surname Honour is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Honour reside; 64 percent reside in Northern Europe and 63 percent reside in British Isles. Honour is also the 256,409th most numerous forename internationally. It is borne by 987 people.
The last name Honour is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 1,259 people, or 1 in 44,256. In England Honour is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 14 percent live, Oxfordshire, where 10 percent live and Buckinghamshire, where 9 percent live. Not including England Honour is found in 38 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.
Honour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Honour has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 265 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,009 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 583 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Honour Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Honour surname are 6.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.13% registered with the party.
The amount Honour earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 25.91% more than the national average, earning $54,329 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.73% less than the national average, earning $44,851 CAD per year.
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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 Honour
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