Horsefall Surname

839,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Horsefall Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Horsefall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2751:644,15530,300
England181:3,095,448105,421
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1481:164,69814,111
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

Horsefall (21) may also be a first name.

Horsefall Last Name Facts

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

The surname Horsefall is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Horsefall? popularity and diffusion

The last name Horsefall is the 839,220th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Horsefall are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Horsefall is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 21 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 275 people, or 1 in 644,155. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 87 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 9 percent are found and Ekiti, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Horsefall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Horsefall has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Horsefall last name fell 88 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Horsefall Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Horsefall are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Horsefall earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 18.74% less than the national average, earning $35,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.33% less than the national average, earning $29,646 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
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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 Horsefall
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