Settlers Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

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

Settlers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Settlers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States971:3,736,690206,520
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Settlers (42) may also be a first name.

Settlers Last Name Facts

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

Settlers has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Settlers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,839,022nd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. Settlers occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Settlers are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Settlers is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 42 people.

The surname Settlers is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 3,736,690. In The United States Settlers is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 41 percent reside, Arkansas, where 11 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 11 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside and New Zealand, where 1 percent reside.

Settlers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Settlers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Settlers surname increased 9,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Settlers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Settlers are 31.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 84.62% being registered to vote for the political party.

Settlers earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.46% less than the national average, earning $39,498 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Setlers9320/
Sattlers881/
Shetlers880/
Selers8622/
Sellers8063,617/
Scelers8091/
Seilers8019/
Seliers805/
Seslers805/
Seleers804/
Zetlers804/
Seelers804/
Satlers802/
Šetlers801/
Selhers801/
Sitlers801/
Shelers800/
Sielers800/
Sealers800/
Shellers753/
Sellersj751/
Scellers751/
Sellerrs751/
Segliers750/
Seallers750/
Schelers750/
Siellers750/
Shiellers7127/
Silers718/
Celers714/
Zelers713/
Schellers712/
D'Sellers711/
Shelliers710/
Sylers710/
Sillers67751/
Sailers67246/
Cellers67112/
Saylers6767/
Ceulers6756/
Chelers6731/
Celerse6725/
Selhrst6718/
Zatlers679/
Zeilers675/
Ceilers672/
Cehlers672/
Siliers671/
Scilers670/
Suylers670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Settlers
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis