Scoter Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Scoter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Scoter (14) may also be a first name.
Scoter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scoter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Scoter occurs most in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Scoter? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Scoter are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Scoter is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
The surname Scoter is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 44 percent reside, Texas, where 33 percent reside and New York, where 11 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 29 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.
Scoter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Scoter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scoter last name increased 450 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Scoter
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