Persons Surname

89,421st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Persons Surname Definition:

(Swedish, Norwegian) The son of Per (rock); descendant of little Pierre (rock); the parish priest.

Persons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,1441:70,4628,175
Netherlands661:255,86632,556
Canada661:558,26746,632
Israel151:570,50941,023
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
India61:127,844,230863,365
England51:11,143,612252,590
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
France41:16,605,680368,153
China31:455,773,85521,925
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2371:22,4492,814

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Persons Last Name Facts

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

Persons is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Persons? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 89,421st most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,358,097 people. The surname Persons is predominantly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Persons reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Persons is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 34 people.

The last name Persons is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 5,144 people, or 1 in 70,462. In The United States Persons is most frequent in: California, where 10 percent reside, New York, where 8 percent reside and Minnesota, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Persons exists in 28 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Persons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Persons has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Persons surname increased 230 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 72 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Persons Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Persons surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Persons surname are 11.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.41% being registered with 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Persoons931,878/
Pearsons93393/
Piersons9367/
Peersons930/
Peirsons930/
Perssons930/
Phersons930/
Phersoons880/
Parsons86170,219/
Perjons8666/
Persans8620/
Porsons862/
Percons860/
Pirsons860/
Personsová821/
Parson's805/
Parsonns804/
Parsions802/
Parsonss802/
Poirsons801/
Persooms801/
Parsoins801/
Parsouns801/
Parrsons801/
Pparsons801/
Parssons801/
Pairsons800/
Perjans7139/
Parsans7112/
Parzons713/
Prezons711/
Percans710/

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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
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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 Persons
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