Secretan Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Secretan Surname Definition:

(A-French-Latin) Sacristan, Sexton [French Secretain, Secretan —sacristain (Anglo-French secrestein); Low Latin sacrista, a sacristan, with the suff. -an-us; Latin sacer, sacred] En patois du Berry secretain et segretain se disent encore aujoud’hui pour sacristain.

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Secretan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1041:3,485,182196,218
England961:580,39635,131
France671:991,384111,008
Canada661:558,26746,632
Switzerland631:130,36412,937
Australia281:964,13257,058
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England741:329,39721,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Secrétan (18) are calculated separately.

Secretan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(A-French-Latin) Sacristan, Sexton [French Secretain, Secretan —sacristain (Anglo-French secrestein); Low Latin sacrista, a sacristan, with the suff. -an-us; Latin sacer, sacred] En patois du Berry secretain et segretain se disent encore aujoud’hui pour sacristain. Ménage recommande le mot actuel sacristain, et il ajoute qu’il n’y a plus que les villageois qui disent segretain.—-Moisy, Noms de Fam. Norm., p. 414.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably a corruption of Sacristan. See Saxton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Secretan Last Name Facts

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

Secretan occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Secrétan. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Secretan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 678,631st most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. The surname Secretan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Secretan reside; 36 percent reside in North America and 36 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Secretan is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 3,485,182. In The United States it is primarily found in: Utah, where 33 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Florida, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent live and France, where 15 percent live.

Secretan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Secretan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Secretan surname rose 2,080 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 130 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Secretan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Secretan last name are 43.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 90% being registered with the political party.

The amount Secretan earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 43.46% more than the national average, earning $61,903 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.5% more than the national average, earning $50,927 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Secrétan9618/
Secretant94155/
Secretain94143/
Secrestan941/
Secrettand892/
Secreton881/
Secrotan880/
Secritan880/
Secrétain822/
Secrétand821/
Secrétant821/
Sacratan751/
Sacritan751/
Sakratthan561/

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