Lords Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Lords Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lords Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil701:3,058,20588,974
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England21:27,859,030389,889
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

Lords (49) may also be a first name.

Lords Last Name Facts

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

Lords (Russian: Лордс) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lords? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,106,139th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Lords occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Lords are found; 88 percent are found in South America and 88 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 49 people.

The last name is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 3,058,205. In Brazil Lords is primarily found in: Espírito Santo, where 73 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 14 percent are found and São Paulo, where 6 percent are found. Barring Brazil Lords exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Lords Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lords has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Lords surname decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lords Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Lords earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.39% more than the national average, earning R 276,588 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lourds9143/
Loerds911/
Llords910/
Lord8998,723/
Llyords831/
Lorts80421/
Loord80222/
Lourd80217/
Llord80118/
Lordt8034/
Liord8023/
Lordh8021/
Lyord8018/
Lards804/
Loird804/
Lurds802/
Loyrd802/
Lohrd801/
Lordz801/
Lorcs801/
Lorrd801/
Lordd801/
Loerts73280/
Lourdd735/
Lhourd734/
Lourdh733/
D'Lord732/
Llyord732/
Lloyrd731/
Loordh731/
Lardse730/
Lohgeerds7114/
Lorz671,842/
Lard671,691/
Lort671,087/
Lorc6766/
Lortsch6717/
Lordova679/
Loorddh675/
Lordová672/

Lords Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lords in the Russian language
Лордсlords-

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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 Lords
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