Nightingale Surname

25,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,953 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Nightingale Surname Definition:

(English) a nickname from the bird [Middle English nyhtegale, etc., Old English nihtegale]

Nightingale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8,8671:6,284902
United States5,5031:65,8667,694
Australia2,7351:9,8701,470
Canada1,2171:30,2763,953
South Africa5741:94,38611,535
New Zealand5701:7,9441,350
Wales2801:11,0521,231
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Scotland1391:38,5173,665
Iran1211:634,56634,558
France661:1,006,405112,047
Peru581:548,00214,762
Barbados421:6,844646
Malta361:11,952723
India351:21,916,154310,282
Northern Ireland281:65,8944,901
Panama261:150,4714,892
Jersey251:3,968780
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Jamaica241:119,5814,532
Isle of Man231:3,731815
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Trinidad and Tobago171:80,2345,870
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Guyana91:84,6916,279
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Guam81:20,0153,029
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Cayman Islands61:10,6491,253
Falkland Islands61:522125
China51:273,464,31313,838
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Belize11:355,4743,977
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland451:98,4416,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,9831:4,892737
Wales311:50,5942,584
Scotland281:133,6865,889
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6641:75,6318,043

Nightingale (570) may also be a first name.

Nightingale Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) a nickname from the bird [Middle English nyhtegale, etc., Old English nihtegale]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Nightingale, a village in Monmouthshire; dweller at the sign of the nightingale, a thrush.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From the bird-doubtless with reference to sweetness of song in the first bearer.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Some derive this name from the bird, and there is a French name Le Rossignol. Nightingale Lane, in East Smithfield, London, was, however, formerly Cnihtena Guild Lane, and was so called from the knights' guild. Again, gale, in composition of local names, is frequently a corruption of hall.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

P. Rossinoil (Rossignol) Normandy 1195 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Andreas Nightyngale, M.P. Cricklade 1307; Thomas Nightegale, Gloucester 1286; Ralph Niktegale, Norfolk 1273 &c. Hence the baronets of the name. William Nuitummel, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

The Norman People (1874)

From the German, Nachtigall; from the Dutch, Nagtegaal; from the Flemish, Nachtergael; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Nightingale Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nightingale (Bengali: নাইটিংগেল, Marathi: नायटींगल) is most common in England. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nightingale? popularity and diffusion

It is the 25,707th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,804 people. The last name Nightingale is primarily found in Europe, where 46 percent of Nightingale reside; 45 percent reside in Northern Europe and 45 percent reside in British Isles. Nightingale is also the 351,242nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 570 people.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 8,867 people, or 1 in 6,284. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 11 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 7 percent live and West Midlands, where 7 percent live. Not including England it is found in 86 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Nightingale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Nightingale has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 178 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 829 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 903 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 496 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Nightingale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Nightingale surname is predominantly Anglican (59%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Nightingale last name are 11.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.73% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Nightingale earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 44.3% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,972 per year; in South Africa they earn 87.36% more than the national average, earning R 445,248 per year; in United States they earn 1.31% more than the national average, earning $43,713 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.11% more than the national average, earning $55,698 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nightingale Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nightingale in the Bengali language
নাইটিংগেলna'itingela-
Nightingale in the Marathi language
नायटींगलnayatingala-

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