Scottney Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Scottney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scottney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:5,571,806158,774
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Scottney Last Name Facts

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

Scottney is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Scottney.

How Common Is The Last Name Scottney? popularity and diffusion

The last name Scottney is the 5,391,485th most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Scottney is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Scottney are found; 77 percent are found in Northern Europe and 77 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,571,806. In England Scottney is most prevalent in: Derbyshire, where 80 percent reside, Leicestershire, where 10 percent reside and Wiltshire, where 10 percent reside. Excluding England this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 15 percent reside and New Zealand, where 8 percent reside.

Scottney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Scottney has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Scottney last name fell 9 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scotney931,799/
Cottney9321/
Schotney880/
Cotney86947/
Sotney865/
Scotne861/
Sconey861/
Schattney828/
Cattney801/
Cootney801/
Scottni801/
Scutney800/
Scotnay800/
Scooney800/
Scone77145/
Cotne7730/
Sotne7722/
Skottner7520/
Skottnes751/
Catney71541/
Skoney71129/
Skotny71115/
Scoyne71113/
Satney7182/
Scoone7140/
Scones7134/
Sconyo7111/
Sconer713/
Scohny711/
Sconje711/
Sconed711/
Soutne711/
Scgone711/
Sconge710/
Scomny710/
Scaney710/
Scoones67529/
Scoines67118/
Zottner6786/
Skotner6775/
Scoynes6759/
Skotnyi6721/
Scooner674/
Cotnaya671/
Cotinne671/
Coutnei671/
Joutney670/
Sathney670/
Caatney670/
Scoinge670/
Scounes670/

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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 Scottney
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