Older Surname
Approximately 1,503 people bear this surname
Older Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 757 | 1:478,810 | 40,592 |
| England | 459 | 1:121,390 | 12,264 |
| Russia | 51 | 1:2,825,942 | 156,501 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| Estonia | 42 | 1:31,472 | 5,782 |
| New Zealand | 39 | 1:116,111 | 14,715 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 251 | 1:97,113 | 9,892 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 272 | 1:184,628 | 16,354 |
The alternate forms: Oldér (4) are calculated separately.
Older (674) may also be a first name.
Older Demographics
Average Older Salary in
United States
$46,638 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Older Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Older Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Older (Russian: Ольдер) is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms: Oldér. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Older? popularity and diffusion
It is the 261,171st most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,848,667 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Older are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 53 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 319,366th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 674 people.
It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 757 people, or 1 in 478,810. In The United States Older is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 15 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Washington, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in England, where 31 percent reside and Russia, where 3 percent reside.
Older Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Older has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Older surname expanded 278 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 183 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Older Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Older last name are 10.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.69% registered with the political party.
The amount Older earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 32.59% less than the national average, earning 233,293 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.09% more than the national average, earning $46,638 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.51% less than the national average, earning $46,945 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Older Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Older in the Russian language | ||
| Ольдер | older | - |
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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 Older
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