Mountains Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Mountains Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mountains Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran181:4,265,696111,937
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Mountains Last Name Facts

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

Mountains is found most frequently in Iran. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mountains.

How Common Is The Last Name Mountains? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Mountains live; 45 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

The surname Mountains is most frequently used in Iran, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 4,265,696. In Iran Mountains is most numerous in: Gilan Province, where 78 percent live, Alborz Province, where 6 percent live and Fars Province, where 6 percent live. Excluding Iran this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live and Cyprus, where 7 percent live.

Mountains Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mountains has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mountains surname expanded 117 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mountains Last Name Statistics demography

Mountains earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.72% less than the national average, earning R 43,440 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Montans88647/
Montanss821/
Montesins781/
Montecins781/
Montanz7524/
Montáns755/
Mantans751/
Montanje7158/
Montance714/
Muntanje711/
Montanze710/
Montanche673/
Mantanz631/
Montaãez592/
Mantanze590/
Meintgens569/
Majentanz561/
Machentanz5370/

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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 Mountains
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