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
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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 carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Oldér. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Older? popularity and diffusion
The last name Older is the 261,171st most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,848,667 people. The last name 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 frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 674 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 757 people, or 1 in 478,810. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 15 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Washington, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States Older occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in England, where 31 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.
Older Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Older has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Older last name increased 278 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 183 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Older Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Older last name are 10.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.69% being registered to vote for the 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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