Severance Surname
Approximately 4,455 people bear this surname
Severance Surname Definition:
(French) Descendant of Severian (severe), the name of several saints.
Severance Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,376 | 1:82,829 | 9,401 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,347 | 1:37,282 | 4,411 |
Severance (45) may also be a first name.
Severance Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) Descendant of Severian (severe), the name of several saints.
Severance Demographics
Average Male Severance Height
178.06 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Severance Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Severance Come From? nationality or country of origin
Severance is most common in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Severance? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 105,146th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,635,813 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Severance are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Severance is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 45 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,376 people, or 1 in 82,829. In The United States Severance is most common in: Florida, where 8 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and New York, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States Severance occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Severance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Severance has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Severance last name increased 325 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Severance Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Severance surname are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.08% being registered with the political party.
The amount Severance earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.28% more than the national average, earning $43,702 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2% less than the national average, earning $48,687 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevearance | 95 | 12 | / |
| Hseverance | 95 | 2 | / |
| Severeance | 95 | 1 | / |
| Seaverance | 95 | 0 | / |
| Severancer | 95 | 0 | / |
| Severanse | 89 | 4 | / |
| Seberance | 89 | 1 | / |
| Severange | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sevirance | 89 | 0 | / |
| Severanci | 89 | 0 | / |
| Severans | 82 | 0 | / |
| Siberance | 78 | 0 | / |
| Siverans | 71 | 1 | / |
| Severons | 71 | 0 | / |
| Severeyns | 67 | 189 | / |
| Cheveranx | 67 | 0 | / |
| Severeijns | 63 | 88 | / |
| Sebiranza | 56 | 1 | / |
| Seeviroonchai | 55 | 4 | / |
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Severance Reference & Research
Severance DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Severance FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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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- 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 Severance
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