Hornley Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Hornley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hornley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:443,18925,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Hornley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hornley is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hornley? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Hornley reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Hornley is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Hornley is most common in: California, where 60 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 20 percent reside and Washington, where 20 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 14 percent reside and South Africa, where 14 percent reside.

Hornley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hornley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hornley surname contracted 74 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Hornley
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