Hurdson Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Hurdson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hurdson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Hurdson (48) may also be a first name.

Hurdson Last Name Facts

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

Hurdson is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hurdson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hurdson is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Hurdson occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Hurdson live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Hurdson is also the 1,448,253rd most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 48 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Hurdson is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 80 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.

Hurdson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hurdson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hurdson last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hourdson930/
Hurtson865/
Gurdson864/
Uirdson861/
Jurdson860/
Urtson7712/
Hurzon775/
Urdzon771/
Ordson771/
Churchson757/
Hurchon7175/
Hurdzan7144/
Hurtsén718/
Hortson713/
Hurtsen712/
Gurtson710/
Urcon6719/
Urzon6710/
Churchon674/
Churdchusin671/
Chordsen671/
Hourtsom671/
Horrtson670/

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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 Hurdson
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