Scanterbury Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Trinidad and Tobago
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Scanterbury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scanterbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Trinidad and Tobago811:16,8392,073
United States741:4,898,094251,818
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704

Scanterbury Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scanterbury is carried by more people in Trinidad and Tobago than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Scanterbury.

How Common Is The Last Name Scanterbury? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,364,059th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Scanterbury live; 53 percent live in Caribbean and 53 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

The last name Scanterbury is most commonly occurring in Trinidad and Tobago, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 16,839. In Trinidad and Tobago it is most numerous in: Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation, where 56 percent live, Princes Town Regional Corporation, where 10 percent live and Chaguanas Borough Corporation, where 9 percent live. Excluding Trinidad and Tobago Scanterbury exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 46 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Scanterbury Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scanterbury last name are 35.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 88.89% being registered with the political party.

Scanterbury earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.

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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
  • 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 Scanterbury
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