Howards Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Howards Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 193 | 1:1,878,026 | 122,158 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
Howards (294) may also be a first name.
Howards Demographics
Howards Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Howards Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Howards Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Howards is found most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Howards? popularity and diffusion
Howards is the 950,707th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Howards live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 514,566th most widespread given name throughout the world, borne by 294 people.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 1,878,026. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 14 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Washington, where 9 percent live. Not including The United States it is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.
Howards Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Howards has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Howards surname increased 411 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 131 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Howards Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Howards surname are 11.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.71% being registered with the party.
The amount Howards earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 55.7% less than the national average, earning R 105,276 per year; in United States they earn 8.98% less than the national average, earning $39,274 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.3% less than the national average, earning $36,122 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 Howards
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