Register Surname
Approximately 11,162 people bear this surname
Register Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the registrar,' a recorder. Middle English registrere; compare Breviter. Lower says, 'A corruption of Rochester.' This is not probable.
Register Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,810 | 1:33,530 | 4,193 |
| England | 113 | 1:493,080 | 31,588 |
| New Zealand | 81 | 1:55,905 | 8,836 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1:37,553 | 1,173 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 88 | 1:276,993 | 19,333 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,279 | 1:39,264 | 4,635 |
Register (627) may also be a first name.
Register Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the registrar,' a recorder. Middle English registrere; compare Breviter. Lower says, 'A corruption of Rochester.' This is not probable.
(Anglo-French-Latin) for Registrar [fromO.French registre, a record, Low Latin registr-um; Latin regerere, sup. regestum, to carry back]
A corruption of Rochester. Per contra, a Sussex peasant calls his baptismal register a rochester.
Register Demographics
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Register Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Register Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Register is found most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Register? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 46,441st most prevalent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 652,889 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Register are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 332,667th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 627 people.
This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 10,810 people, or 1 in 33,530. In The United States Register is primarily concentrated in: Florida, where 25 percent are found, Georgia, where 17 percent are found and North Carolina, where 17 percent are found. Outside of The United States it exists in 41 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and New Zealand, where 1 percent are found.
Register Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Register has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Register last name rose 845 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 128 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Register Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Register last name are 13.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.41% being registered with the political party.
The amount Register earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.33% less than the national average, earning $39,124 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.12% less than the national average, earning $49,622 CAD per year.
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