Idle Surname
Approximately 14,698 people bear this surname
Idle Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Idle,' a township and village in the parish of Calverley, West Riding of Yorkshire It is curious to note that while the United States have rejected Idle, and retained the more accurate Idell, they have got a surname Idler, which see.
Read More About This SurnameIdle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 11,813 | 1:1,139 | 121 |
| Kenya | 1,308 | 1:35,306 | 3,824 |
| United States | 554 | 1:654,258 | 52,414 |
| England | 448 | 1:124,371 | 12,476 |
| Djibouti | 225 | 1:4,066 | 333 |
| Australia | 122 | 1:221,276 | 21,136 |
| Canada | 75 | 1:491,275 | 42,011 |
| Israel | 33 | 1:259,322 | 23,464 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Somaliland | 9 | 1:388,909 | 1,001 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| British Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:10,531 | 816 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 470 | 1:51,862 | 6,283 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 206 | 1:243,780 | 20,311 |
Idle (10,647) may also be a first name.
Idle Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Idle,' a township and village in the parish of Calverley, West Riding of Yorkshire It is curious to note that while the United States have rejected Idle, and retained the more accurate Idell, they have got a surname Idler, which see.
Matilda de Ydell, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Idill, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire p.
Willelmus de Idill, 1379: ibid.
1549. Baptised — Edward Idle: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1600. William Idill, or Idle, Yorkshire, Register of the University of Oxford.
1647. Baptised — Charles, s. Christopher Idle: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1719-30. John Idell and Ann Washington: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).
(English) 1 Vain, Useless; Lazy [Old English ídel] 2 belonging to Idle (Yorks), 14th cent. Idill [the second element is prob. for Old English hyll, a hill] Idle ‘stands on the acclivity of a hill.’
A chapelry in the parish of Calverley, co. York; also a river of Nottinghamshire.
From Idle, a chapelry co. York, W.R.
A location name in Yorkshire.
Idle Demographics
Average Idle Salary in
United States
$42,458 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Idle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Idle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Idle has its highest incidence in Somalia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Idle.
How Common Is The Last Name Idle? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 35,900th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 495,819 people. Idle occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Idle are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Idle is also the 58,749th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 10,647 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Somalia, where it is carried by 11,813 people, or 1 in 1,139. Apart from Somalia this surname exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Idle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Idle has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Idle surname increased 269 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 5 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Idle Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Idle last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Idle last name are 26.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.82% registered with the political party.
The amount Idle earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 154.77% more than the national average, earning R 605,424 per year; in United States they earn 1.6% less than the national average, earning $42,458 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.57% less than the national average, earning $44,432 CAD per year.
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