Oyster Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Oyster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 862 | 1:420,486 | 36,437 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 315 | 1:159,424 | 14,594 |
Oyster (43) may also be a first name.
Oyster Demographics
Oyster Political Affiliation
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Oyster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyster (Arabic: محار) is most common in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyster? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oyster is the 380,576th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 7,777,530 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Oyster are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 43 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 862 people, or 1 in 420,486. In The United States it is primarily found in: Ohio, where 37 percent reside, California, where 5 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 5 percent reside. Beside The United States Oyster occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 2 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Oyster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Oyster has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 274 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Oyster Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Oyster last name are 21.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.23% being registered to vote for the party.
Oyster earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.19% less than the national average, earning $39,617 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oyster Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oyster in the Arabic language | ||
| محار | mhar | - |
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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
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- 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 Oyster
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