Simpleton Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Simpleton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simpleton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
England51:11,143,612252,590
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Simpleton Last Name Facts

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

Simpleton is most common in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Simpleton? popularity and diffusion

The last name Simpleton is the 3,882,373rd most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Simpleton occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Simpleton are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 18 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Indiana, where 12 percent live. Excluding The United States Simpleton occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent live and Ireland, where 4 percent live.

Simpleton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Simpleton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 243 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 29 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Simpleton Last Name Statistics demography

Simpleton earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 57.51% less than the national average, earning $18,333 USD per year.

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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 Simpleton
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