Straits Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Straits Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 385 | 1:941,452 | 70,347 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 1:1,195,683 | 67,545 |
Straits Demographics
Average Straits Salary in
United States
$41,612 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Straits Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Straits Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Straits is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Straits.
How Common Is The Last Name Straits? popularity and diffusion
It is the 723,769th most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname Straits occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Straits live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Straits is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 385 people, or 1 in 941,452. In The United States Straits is most numerous in: Ohio, where 31 percent are found, Nevada, where 28 percent are found and Michigan, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 3 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.
Straits Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Straits has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Straits last name increased 917 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Straits Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Straits surname are 36.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 83.72% registered to vote for the political party.
Straits earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.56% less than the national average, earning $41,612 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
- 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 Straits
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