Lonesome Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Lonesome Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lonesome Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2301:1,575,908106,190
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Lonesome (152) may also be a first name.

Lonesome Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lonesome occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lonesome.

How Common Is The Last Name Lonesome? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,028,911th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Lonesome are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lonesome is also the 746,252nd most common given name in the world, held by 152 people.

The last name Lonesome is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 230 people, or 1 in 1,575,908. In The United States Lonesome is most frequent in: Maryland, where 55 percent live, New York, where 11 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Lonesome Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lonesome has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lonesome Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lonesome surname are 29.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 82.5% registered to vote for the political party.

Lonesome earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.59% more than the national average, earning $45,128 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lonesom930/
Lonsom862/
Lonsame80259/
Lonzeme801/
Lnewsom801/
Lansome801/
Lonesum800/
Lnsom771/
Leonsame75150/
Lonzieme7552/
Lunsomwe7521/
Lone Sam751/
Lonasmey751/
Lonwasom751/
Lansom71244/
Linsom7117/
Lyonsm711/
Lonsam711/
Lunsom710/
Leone Simeao701/
Lonzame67483/
Luansom6717/
Lonsami677/
Lainsom675/
Lenesma673/
Lunsame672/
Lansame672/
Loinsam671/
Lonsemo671/
Linosom671/
Linesjaime671/
Lanasom671/
Lanasami501/

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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 Lonesome
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