Scottland Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Scottland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scottland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States591:6,143,372295,589
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Scottland (54) may also be a first name.

Scottland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scottland is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Scottland.

How Common Is The Last Name Scottland? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Scottland live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 54 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 6,143,372. In The United States Scottland is most frequent in: New York, where 25 percent live, Alabama, where 12 percent live and District of Columbia, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Scottland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Scottland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Scottland last name expanded 738 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scottland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scottland last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered with the party.

Scottland earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.99% less than the national average, earning $32,798 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schottland95185/
Scotland944,975/
Schottlandt907/
Schotland8984/
Scottlend891/
Sotland8836/
Scotlan8820/
Scoland888/
Cotland886/
Skotland82123/
Scotlang828/
Scolland822/
Cootland821/
Soutland821/
Scatland821/
Cattland820/
Scolan80505/
Scautland781/
Schutland780/
Scollan75674/
Skoland75235/
Catland7562/
Scoulan751/
Jotland751/
Skatland7175/
Cathland711/
Skooland711/
Scollean710/
Scollane710/
Skolan6757/
Scalan6752/
Scollante6710/
Scolon672/
Scathlain671/

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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
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  • 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 Scottland
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