Southerland Surname

46,219th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,218 people bear this surname

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

Southerland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Southerland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,8761:33,3264,155
England1131:493,08031,588
Canada661:558,26746,632
Chile331:533,83313,415
Australia311:870,82953,581
Jamaica271:106,2944,277
Venezuela211:1,438,28919,453
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England881:276,99319,333
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2791:22,0352,770

Southerland (11) may also be a first name.

Southerland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Southerland is found most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Southerland? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 46,219th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 649,630 people. The surname Southerland is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Southerland reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Southerland is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 11 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 10,876 people, or 1 in 33,326. In The United States Southerland is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 13 percent reside, Texas, where 11 percent reside and Tennessee, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States Southerland occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Southerland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Southerland has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Southerland last name increased 477 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 128 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Southerland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Southerland surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.33% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Southerland earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.27% less than the national average, earning $39,149 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.75% more than the national average, earning $55,522 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

Southerland Reference & Research

Sutherland DNA Surna FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Southerland
  • 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