Longyear Surname

576,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Longyear Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Longyear Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3901:929,38269,672
England1021:546,25533,762
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1341:374,76628,202

Longyear Last Name Facts

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

Longyear is most common in The United States. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Longyear? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 576,198th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,347,154 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Longyear reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 390 people, or 1 in 929,382. In The United States Longyear is mostly found in: California, where 23 percent live, New York, where 17 percent live and Connecticut, where 11 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Longyear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Longyear has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Longyear surname rose 291 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 392 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Longyear Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Longyear surname are 1.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Longyear earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 10.33% more than the national average, earning $47,607 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.22% less than the national average, earning $42,619 CAD per year.

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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 Longyear
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