Patherson Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cuba
Highest density in:
Iceland

Patherson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Patherson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Patherson (30) may also be a first name.

Patherson Last Name Facts

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

Patherson is more frequently found in Cuba than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Patherson click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Patherson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Patherson reside; 28 percent reside in South America and 22 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean. Patherson is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 30 people.

The last name Patherson is most frequently held in Cuba, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,880,679. In Cuba Patherson is most numerous in: Matanzas Province, where 100 percent reside. Other than Cuba Patherson exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside.

Patherson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Patherson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Patherson surname declined 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Patherson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Patherson surname is predominantly Presbyterian (45%) in Ireland.

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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 Patherson
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