Majory Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Majory Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 32 | 1:495,310 | 22,215 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
The alternate forms: Májory (1) are calculated separately.
Majory (22,874) may also be a first name.
Majory Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Majory Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Majory is most common in Zambia. It can be rendered as: Májory. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Majory? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Majory live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Majory is also the 34,149th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 22,874 people.
Majory is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 495,310. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 56 percent live, Northern Province, where 13 percent live and Central Province, where 9 percent live. Aside from Zambia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent live and Russia, where 7 percent live.
Majory Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Majory has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 92 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 Majory
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