Scholar Surname
Approximately 927 people bear this surname
Scholar Surname Definition:
This surname occurs in Encyc. Herald.
Scholar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 456 | 1:794,866 | 61,363 |
| Australia | 150 | 1:179,971 | 18,195 |
| England | 103 | 1:540,952 | 33,556 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 32 | 1:3,099 | 465 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Saint Lucia | 9 | 1:19,865 | 1,494 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 76 | 1:320,729 | 21,086 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
Scholar (6,791) may also be a first name.
Scholar Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname occurs in Encyc. Herald.
Scholar Demographics
Average Scholar Salary in
United States
$50,196 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Scholar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scholar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Scholar occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Scholar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 383,720th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,861,430 people. Scholar occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Scholar are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 79,143rd most widely held first name internationally It is held by 6,791 people.
Scholar is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 456 people, or 1 in 794,866. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 27 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and New Jersey, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 16 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.
Scholar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Scholar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,689 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 136 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Scholar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Scholar surname are 0.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.75% being registered with the party.
The amount Scholar earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 16.33% more than the national average, earning $50,196 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.15% less than the national average, earning $35,697 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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