Nighingale Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Nighingale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nighingale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Nighingale Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nighingale is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nighingale click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nighingale? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Nighingale is predominantly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Nighingale reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 58 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Idaho, where 38 percent are found, California, where 25 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 13 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 37 percent are found and Canada, where 16 percent are found.

Nighingale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nighingale has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 59 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Nighingale Last Name Statistics demography

Nighingale earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.06% less than the national average, earning $34,925 USD 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
  • 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 Nighingale
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