Large Surname
Approximately 21,946 people bear this surname
Large Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) Big; Generous [Middle English Old French large; Latin larg-us, -a, abundant, liberal] William le Large.—Hundred Rolls So large of yift [gift] and free was she.— Chaucer, Rom. of the Rose, 1168.
Large Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,985 | 1:40,340 | 4,960 |
| England | 5,835 | 1:9,549 | 1,410 |
| France | 3,184 | 1:20,861 | 2,418 |
| Australia | 1,298 | 1:20,798 | 2,884 |
| Canada | 1,157 | 1:31,846 | 4,139 |
| New Zealand | 263 | 1:17,218 | 3,012 |
| Wales | 200 | 1:15,473 | 1,680 |
| South Africa | 191 | 1:283,653 | 27,806 |
| Northern Ireland | 132 | 1:13,978 | 1,959 |
| Germany | 105 | 1:766,719 | 57,066 |
| Scotland | 93 | 1:57,568 | 4,778 |
| Ireland | 79 | 1:59,607 | 4,006 |
| Colombia | 57 | 1:838,142 | 8,602 |
| Norway | 36 | 1:142,841 | 18,058 |
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| Switzerland | 33 | 1:248,876 | 20,666 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Isle of Man | 25 | 1:3,433 | 731 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Senegal | 17 | 1:857,608 | 2,905 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 86 | 1:51,510 | 4,301 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,012 | 1:8,093 | 1,233 |
| Wales | 69 | 1:22,731 | 1,304 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:207,956 | 7,652 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,665 | 1:30,161 | 3,652 |
The alternate forms: Largé (5) are calculated separately.
Large (160) may also be a first name.
Large Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) Big; Generous [Middle English Old French large; Latin larg-us, -a, abundant, liberal] William le Large.—Hundred Rolls So large of yift [gift] and free was she.— Chaucer, Rom. of the Rose, 1168.
A Norman adjectival surname in Ireland since 1285. MIF 281*
Stout, big; the antithesis of Small.
Radulphus Large, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Wymar de Largo, and William de Largo, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Matilda, and Philip Large, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
From the German, Larisch; a personal name.
Large Demographics
Average Male Large Height
176.33 cm
Average Female Large Height
165.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Large Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Large Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Large (Arabic: السّراح, Marathi: लाग) is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant: Largé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Large? popularity and diffusion
The surname Large is the 24,612th most widespread family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 332,067 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Large are found; 46 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 725,185th most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 160 people.
The last name Large is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 8,985 people, or 1 in 40,340. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent are found, Ohio, where 9 percent are found and Tennessee, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 73 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent are found and France, where 15 percent are found.
Large Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Large has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 540 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 290 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 517 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 8 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Large Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (37%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Large last name are 17.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.46% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Large earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.27% more than the national average, earning 381,630 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 59.94% more than the national average, earning R 380,088 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.98% less than the national average, earning $18,621,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.68% less than the national average, earning $42,857 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.89% more than the national average, earning $50,622 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Large Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Large in the Marathi language | ||
| लाग | laga | 75 |
| लारगे | larage | 25 |
| Large in the Arabic language | ||
| السّراح | alsrah | - |
| كربى | krby | - |
| السراح | alsrah | - |
| ارج | arj | - |
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