Register Surname

46,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,8101:33,5304,193
England1131:493,08031,588
New Zealand811:55,9058,836
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Iran181:4,265,696111,937
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Panama41:978,06412,245
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31:37,5531,173
China31:455,773,85521,925
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
France21:33,211,361423,184
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England881:276,99319,333
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2791:39,2644,635

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) for Registrar [fromO.French registre, a record, Low Latin registr-um; Latin regerere, sup. regestum, to carry back]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A corruption of Rochester. Per contra, a Sussex peasant calls his baptismal register a rochester.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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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