Person Surname
Approximately 25,400 people bear this surname
Person Surname Definition:
(Swedish, Norwegian) The son of Per (rock); descendant of little Pierre (rock); the parish priest.
Person Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,130 | 1:21,159 | 2,668 |
| France | 4,301 | 1:15,444 | 1,639 |
| Canada | 642 | 1:57,392 | 6,785 |
| Brazil | 500 | 1:428,149 | 16,254 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Germany | 275 | 1:292,747 | 30,288 |
| India | 266 | 1:2,883,704 | 87,658 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Sweden | 186 | 1:52,940 | 4,092 |
| Norway | 139 | 1:36,995 | 5,231 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| England | 120 | 1:464,317 | 30,397 |
| Thailand | 106 | 1:666,399 | 111,628 |
| Denmark | 103 | 1:54,803 | 5,600 |
| Australia | 90 | 1:299,952 | 26,269 |
| New Zealand | 81 | 1:55,905 | 8,836 |
| Suriname | 77 | 1:7,177 | 1,738 |
| Argentina | 71 | 1:602,020 | 42,723 |
| Spain | 60 | 1:779,201 | 32,544 |
| Poland | 56 | 1:678,728 | 58,421 |
| Netherlands | 46 | 1:367,113 | 40,368 |
| Philippines | 44 | 1:2,300,869 | 126,392 |
| Slovakia | 36 | 1:148,235 | 26,596 |
| China | 34 | 1:40,215,340 | 2,154 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Paraguay | 16 | 1:452,297 | 6,189 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 29 | 1:152,754 | 8,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 74 | 1:329,397 | 21,471 |
| Scotland | 33 | 1:113,431 | 5,331 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,328 | 1:21,572 | 2,720 |
The alternate forms: Peršon (34) are calculated separately.
Person (927) may also be a first name.
Person Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Swedish, Norwegian) The son of Per (rock); descendant of little Pierre (rock); the parish priest.
Person Demographics
Average Person Salary in
United States
$38,641 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Person Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Person Come From? nationality or country of origin
Person (Arabic: إنسان) is found most in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms: Peršon. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Person? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 21,455th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 286,911 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Person are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 265,766th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 927 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 17,130 people, or 1 in 21,159. In The United States it is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 8 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States it occurs in 119 countries. It is also common in France, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Person Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Person has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Person last name grew 736 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 162 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 48 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Person Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Person last name is predominantly Anglican (72%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Person surname are 2.79% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.02% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Person earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 1.7% less than the national average, earning 340,211 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 42.33% less than the national average, earning R 137,040 per year; in United States they earn 10.45% less than the national average, earning $38,641 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.33% less than the national average, earning $47,534 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Person Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Person in the Arabic language | ||
| إنسان | ansan | - |
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Person Reference & Research
Pierson/Pearson FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
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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
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