Secret Surname
Approximately 3,088 people bear this surname
Secret Surname Definition:
Most probably from Sherwood, Notts, England. Thomas Schervuid was tenant in Auchlyne, 1511 (REA., I, p. 363).
Secret Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,068 | 1:86,082 | 7,577 |
| France | 534 | 1:124,387 | 18,898 |
| United States | 256 | 1:1,415,855 | 97,523 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| England | 101 | 1:551,664 | 33,983 |
| Iran | 80 | 1:959,782 | 44,995 |
| Jordan | 74 | 1:119,492 | 7,632 |
| Belgium | 70 | 1:164,238 | 22,550 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 57 | 1:427,638 | 25,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Secrět (1) are calculated separately.
Secret (7,126) may also be a first name.
Secret Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Most probably from Sherwood, Notts, England. Thomas Schervuid was tenant in Auchlyne, 1511 (REA., I, p. 363).
A well-known forest in Nottinghamshire, the scene of the adventures of Robin Hood and his companions.
From the Saxon sher (scir), clear, and wood, a clearing in the wood, or the cleared woods, or as Bailey gives the word, "Sheer—wood, in Nottinghamshire." It may be derived from shire, (Saxon.) scire, (German.) schier, to divide, a portion or division of land; of which divisions there are forty in England, twelve in Wales, and twenty—four in Scotland.
Secret Demographics
Average Secret Salary in
United States
$37,953 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Secret Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Secret Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Secret (Arabic: سّريه) occurs most in Egypt. It can also be found as: Secrět. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Secret? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 143,965th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,359,957 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 41 percent of Secret live; 39 percent live in North Africa and 35 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Secret is also the 76,704th most common first name worldwide, held by 7,126 people.
The surname Secret is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,068 people, or 1 in 86,082. Without taking into account Egypt this surname occurs in 94 countries. It is also common in France, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.
Secret Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Secret has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Secret surname increased 1,219 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 177 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Secret Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those holding the Secret last name are 7.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.17% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Secret earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 57.44% less than the national average, earning R 101,136 per year; in United States they earn 12.04% less than the national average, earning $37,953 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.39% less than the national average, earning $45,017 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Secret Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Secret in the Arabic language | ||
| سّريه | sryh | - |
| سريّه | sryh | - |
| سُريه | suryh | - |
| سر | sr | - |
| سُريا | surya | - |
| سرّيه | sryh | - |
| سيكريت | sykryt | - |
| سرية | sryt | - |
| سريه | sryh | - |
| سريا | srya | - |
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Secret Reference & Research
Sherwood One-name Study - A profile of the Sherwood surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Secret
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