Nancarrow Surname

140,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Nancarrow Surname Definition:

Two estates of this name, one in St. Michael Penkevil, and the other in St. Allen, co. Cornwall, formerly belonged to the family of Nancarrow. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

Nancarrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1,9141:14,1042,001
United States5701:635,89351,189
England3841:145,09913,995
Canada961:383,80834,152
New Zealand841:53,9098,584
Wales491:63,1545,613
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Northern Ireland231:80,2195,468
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France21:33,211,361423,184
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4181:58,3146,866
Wales141:112,0304,740
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Nancarrow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Two estates of this name, one in St. Michael Penkevil, and the other in St. Allen, co. Cornwall, formerly belonged to the family of Nancarrow. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Nancarrow in St. Allen, which Pryce renders the deers' valley, and Tonkin the valley of brooks (nan-carrow).

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Nancarrow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nancarrow is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nancarrow? popularity and diffusion

Nancarrow is the 140,123rd most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,286,648 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Nancarrow are found; 63 percent are found in Australasia and 63 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Nancarrow is most commonly used in Australia, where it is held by 1,914 people, or 1 in 14,104. In Australia Nancarrow is most numerous in: New South Wales, where 38 percent are found, Victoria, where 28 percent are found and Queensland, where 13 percent are found. Other than Australia this surname occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.

Nancarrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nancarrow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Nancarrow last name grew 2,375 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 8 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Nancarrow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Nancarrow are 5.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.97% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Nancarrow earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 7.93% more than the national average, earning R 256,476 per year; in United States they earn 12.93% more than the national average, earning $48,729 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.34% less than the national average, earning $47,032 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nan Carrow951/
Nancarow942/
Noncarrow8918/
Nuncarrow894/
Nancarraw891/

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