Scorthorne Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Scorthorne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Scorthorne Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:1,591,94567,242
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
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Scorthorne Demographics

Average Scorthorne Salary in
England

£31,570

Per year
Rank:
13,169 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
6.8452E-5
Rank: 72,957 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
117.03%
Sample size: 5 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

View the highest/lowest earning families in England

Scorthorne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scorthorne occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scorthorne? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Scorthorne live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 1,591,945. In England Scorthorne is primarily found in: Lincolnshire, where 43 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 31 percent live and Bedfordshire, where 14 percent live. Apart from England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Scorthorne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Scorthorne has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Scorthorne surname expanded 269 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Corthorne9526/
Scorthorn950/
Carthorne8447/
Carrthorne800/
Sakwarathorn644/

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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 Scorthorne
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