Persons Surname
Approximately 5,366 people bear this surname
Persons Surname Definition:
(Swedish, Norwegian) The son of Per (rock); descendant of little Pierre (rock); the parish priest.
Persons Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,144 | 1:70,462 | 8,175 |
| Netherlands | 66 | 1:255,866 | 32,556 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,237 | 1:22,449 | 2,814 |
Persons (34) may also be a first name.
Persons 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.
Persons Demographics
Average Male Persons Height
177.7 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Persons Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Persons Come From? nationality or country of origin
Persons has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Persons? popularity and diffusion
It is the 89,421st most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,358,097 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Persons live; 87 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America. Persons is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 34 people.
The surname Persons is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 5,144 people, or 1 in 70,462. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 10 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Minnesota, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in 28 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Persons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Persons has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Persons surname grew 230 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 72 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Persons Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Persons last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Persons last name are 11.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.41% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Persons earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.64% less than the national average, earning R 103,032 per year; in United States they earn 2.48% more than the national average, earning $44,220 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.61% less than the national average, earning $49,378 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persoons | 93 | 1,878 | / |
| Pearsons | 93 | 393 | / |
| Piersons | 93 | 67 | / |
| Peersons | 93 | 0 | / |
| Peirsons | 93 | 0 | / |
| Perssons | 93 | 0 | / |
| Phersons | 93 | 0 | / |
| Phersoons | 88 | 0 | / |
| Parsons | 86 | 170,219 | / |
| Perjons | 86 | 66 | / |
| Persans | 86 | 20 | / |
| Porsons | 86 | 2 | / |
| Percons | 86 | 0 | / |
| Pirsons | 86 | 0 | / |
| Personsová | 82 | 1 | / |
| Parson's | 80 | 5 | / |
| Parsonns | 80 | 4 | / |
| Parsions | 80 | 2 | / |
| Parsonss | 80 | 2 | / |
| Poirsons | 80 | 1 | / |
| Persooms | 80 | 1 | / |
| Parsoins | 80 | 1 | / |
| Parsouns | 80 | 1 | / |
| Parrsons | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pparsons | 80 | 1 | / |
| Parssons | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pairsons | 80 | 0 | / |
| Perjans | 71 | 39 | / |
| Parsans | 71 | 12 | / |
| Parzons | 71 | 3 | / |
| Prezons | 71 | 1 | / |
| Percans | 71 | 0 | / |
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Persons 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.
Pierson/Pearson FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Persons
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis