Horace Surname
Approximately 4,992 people bear this surname
Horace Surname Definition:
I do not see why this name should not have been derived, through the French, from the Roman Horatius; but Mr. Ferguson deduces it from the O. Saxon, Friesic, and Norse, hros, horaz, hross, a horse.
Horace Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,833 | 1:197,741 | 19,488 |
| Liberia | 1,274 | 1:3,460 | 443 |
| Haiti | 950 | 1:11,246 | 1,151 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Tanzania | 145 | 1:365,115 | 26,840 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| Ireland | 31 | 1:151,901 | 6,891 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Madagascar | 25 | 1:945,993 | 2,355 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 19 | 1:233,151 | 10,389 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 32 | 1:761,730 | 34,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 271 | 1:185,309 | 16,412 |
Horace (58,179) may also be a first name.
Horace Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
I do not see why this name should not have been derived, through the French, from the Roman Horatius; but Mr. Ferguson deduces it from the O. Saxon, Friesic, and Norse, hros, horaz, hross, a horse.
Horace Demographics
Average Male Horace Height
176.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Horace Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Horace Come From? nationality or country of origin
Horace (Marathi: हॉरेस) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Horace? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 95,318th most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,459,845 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Horace reside; 37 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 16,265th most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 58,179 people.
The surname Horace is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,833 people, or 1 in 197,741. In The United States Horace is most frequent in: Texas, where 29 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and Alabama, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 57 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 26 percent live and Haiti, where 19 percent live.
Horace Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Horace has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 676 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 163 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it declined 28 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Horace Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Horace surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Horace last name are 12.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.54% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Horace earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.12% less than the national average, earning R 106,644 per year; in United States they earn 11.77% less than the national average, earning $38,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.44% more than the national average, earning $51,392 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Horace Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Horace in the Marathi language | ||
| हॉरेस | horesa | - |
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