Lidson Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Lidson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Lidson (546) may also be a first name.
Lidson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lidson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lidson occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lidson.
How Common Is The Last Name Lidson? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,465,390th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Lidson are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 360,559th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 546 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Beside Malawi this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found and Sweden, where 3 percent are found.
Lidson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lidson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lidson last name decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Lidson
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