Sather Surname
Approximately 6,120 people bear this surname
Sather Surname Definition:
(Norwegian) Dweller on the mountain pasture.
Sather Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,079 | 1:71,364 | 8,261 |
| Canada | 680 | 1:54,185 | 6,457 |
| Indonesia | 152 | 1:870,060 | 65,341 |
| Brazil | 79 | 1:2,709,802 | 80,941 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 94 | 1:534,241 | 37,003 |
The alternate forms: Säther (142) are calculated separately.
Sather (44) may also be a first name.
Sather Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Norwegian) Dweller on the mountain pasture.
Sather Demographics
Sather Political Affiliation
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Sather Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sather Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sather is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found as: Säther. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sather? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 79,677th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,190,775 people. The surname Sather is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Sather live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sather is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous first name internationally It is held by 44 people.
The last name Sather is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 5,079 people, or 1 in 71,364. In The United States Sather is mostly concentrated in: Minnesota, where 21 percent are found, Washington, where 12 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 11 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
Sather Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sather has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sather surname expanded 5,403 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sather Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sather surname are 5.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.26% registered with the party.
The amount Sather earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 18.06% more than the national average, earning R 280,548 per year; in United States they earn 2.41% more than the national average, earning $44,190 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $46,700 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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