Senescal Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Senescal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Senescal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France111:6,038,429280,838
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808

The alternate forms: Sénescal (1) are calculated separately.

Senescal Last Name Facts

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

Senescal is found in France more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Sénescal. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Senescal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Senescal reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 6,038,429. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 73 percent reside, Brittany, where 9 percent reside and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 9 percent reside. Apart from France it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Senescal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Senescal has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Senescal last name contracted 96 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
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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 Senescal
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