Scotcher Surname

449,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Scotcher Surname Definition:

One who levies taxes. To scot, or, as it is called in some dialects, to scotch, is to tax or amerce. SCOTCHMAN. A native of Scotland.

Scotcher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5041:110,55211,426
Australia1521:177,60318,018
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Wales171:182,03112,022
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3171:76,8948,364
Wales141:112,0304,740
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Scotcher Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who levies taxes. To scot, or, as it is called in some dialects, to scotch, is to tax or amerce. SCOTCHMAN. A native of Scotland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Dutch, Schotse; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Scotcher Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scotcher is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Scotcher click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scotcher? popularity and diffusion

The last name Scotcher is the 449,900th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 9,639,611 people. The last name Scotcher occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Scotcher reside; 70 percent reside in Northern Europe and 70 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 504 people, or 1 in 110,552. In England it is most frequent in: East Sussex, where 13 percent reside, Cambridgeshire, where 11 percent reside and Greater London, where 10 percent reside. Apart from England this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Scotcher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Scotcher has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Scotcher surname expanded 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 121 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Scotcher Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Scotcher last name is principally Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland.

The amount Scotcher earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 161.07% more than the national average, earning R 620,400 per year; in United States they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $52,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.21% more than the national average, earning $59,725 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotcher93213/
Sotcher9317/
Coutcher88297/
Scutcher88133/
Scotchie8874/
Skotcher8841/
Scatcher882/
Sottcher881/
Scochert881/
Scoche865/
Scotce864/
Scatcherd82136/
Scotchett8233/
Skotscher821/
Scouscher820/
Satcher801,577/
Skocher809/
Scocier808/
Scochet808/
Scotchi805/
Scotchy802/
Scatcheard781/
Scoce775/
Sketcher75415/
Cathcher751/
Sathcher751/
Skatcher750/
Seutcher750/
Scache71219/
Scochi7162/
Scocha7113/
Scotze711/
Skoche711/
Scochy711/
Scocie711/
Scoicea6731/
Zatcher6712/
Josther677/
Scochai674/
Scotshi671/
Scatshe671/
Scouser671/
Scotsie671/
Scachez671/
Scatzer670/

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