States Surname
Approximately 3,559 people bear this surname
States Surname Definition:
From root of Steed, which see. Hence the name Staight.
States Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,185 | 1:113,802 | 12,315 |
| Canada | 294 | 1:125,325 | 13,101 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 38 | 1:641,457 | 31,575 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 717 | 1:70,040 | 7,569 |
States (109) may also be a first name.
States Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From root of Steed, which see. Hence the name Staight.
States Demographics
States Political Affiliation
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States Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name States Come From? nationality or country of origin
States is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name States? popularity and diffusion
States is the 127,475th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,047,639 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of States are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America. States is also the 900,062nd most common first name throughout the world, borne by 109 people.
This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,185 people, or 1 in 113,802. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 8 percent live, Colorado, where 5 percent live and Missouri, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The United States States occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
States Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of States has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the States surname grew 444 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 58 percent between 1881 and 2014.
States Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the States surname are 21.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.56% being registered with the political party.
The amount States earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.3% less than the national average, earning $41,723 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.54% less than the national average, earning $37,490 CAD per year.
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States Reference & Research
Staats 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 States
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