Pateson Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Pateson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pateson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:9,286,343223,652
Wales41:773,63329,106
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Pateson (28) may also be a first name.

Pateson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pateson (Russian: Патесон) is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pateson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Pateson are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles. Pateson is also the 1,994,417th most common first name at a global level, borne by 28 people.

It is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 33 percent are found, Bedfordshire, where 17 percent are found and Cheshire, where 17 percent are found. Barring England Pateson is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 20 percent are found and Russia, where 15 percent are found.

Pateson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pateson has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Pateson last name declined 79 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pateson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pateson in the Russian language
Патесонpateson-

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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 Pateson
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