Strange Surname
Approximately 30,626 people bear this surname
Strange Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the strange,' i.e. the new-comer, the stranger; compare Newman.
Stephen le Straunge, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John le Straunge, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Hamond le Straunge, Berkshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameStrange Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,556 | 1:18,534 | 2,333 |
| England | 5,227 | 1:10,660 | 1,581 |
| Australia | 1,646 | 1:16,401 | 2,312 |
| Denmark | 947 | 1:5,961 | 560 |
| New Zealand | 623 | 1:7,269 | 1,238 |
| Canada | 533 | 1:69,129 | 7,929 |
| Wales | 445 | 1:6,954 | 782 |
| Chile | 267 | 1:65,979 | 2,753 |
| Northern Ireland | 247 | 1:7,470 | 1,286 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Scotland | 192 | 1:27,884 | 2,956 |
| South Africa | 141 | 1:384,239 | 34,295 |
| Norway | 98 | 1:52,472 | 7,538 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| Sweden | 44 | 1:223,790 | 15,522 |
| Ireland | 38 | 1:123,919 | 6,102 |
| Thailand | 37 | 1:1,909,144 | 231,790 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Iceland | 17 | 1:22,358 | 1,772 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Falkland Islands | 4 | 1:783 | 169 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 201 | 1:22,039 | 2,488 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,087 | 1:7,896 | 1,209 |
| Wales | 81 | 1:19,363 | 1,123 |
| Scotland | 40 | 1:93,580 | 4,818 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,040 | 1:16,519 | 2,102 |
Strange (329) may also be a first name.
Strange Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the strange,' i.e. the new-comer, the stranger; compare Newman.
Stephen le Straunge, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John le Straunge, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Hamond le Straunge, Berkshire, ibid.
John le Strange, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Willelmus Straunge, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1578. Baptised — John, s. William Straunge: St. Michael, Cornhill.
1780. Married — Thomas Strange and Elizabeth Woods: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Foreign [Middle English stra(u)nge, Old French estrange (French étrange), Latin extraneus, foreign] John le Straunge.—Hundred Rolls See Lestrange.
(English) The stranger, one who came from a distance.
According to some genealogists this family first appear in England at certain jousts of arms, which took place at Peverell's Castle, in the Beak of Derbyshire. There were present on the occasion Owen, Prince of Wales, a Scottish Prince, and two sons of the Duke of Brittany, one of whom, from his foreign birth, was called Guido le Strange, and became progenitor of the various baronial houses of L'Estrange and Strange. "This race of Le Strange continued for many descents in the dignity of lords barons, in Latine records called Extranei, for that they were strangers, brought hither by King Henry the Second, in the year 1148." Weever's Funerall Monuments, p. 530.
For L’Estrange, a baronial name. See Lestrange.
From the Old Norse, Strangi; from the Dutch, Strange; personal name John le Strange held land in Staffordshire temp. King John.
Several of the mayors of Bideford, Devon, in the 17th century, bore the name of Strange (Watkins' "Bideford").
Strange Demographics
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Strange Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Strange Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Strange occurs most in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Strange? popularity and diffusion
Strange is the 18,024th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 237,953 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Strange live; 66 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. Strange is also the 483,360th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 329 people.
It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 19,556 people, or 1 in 18,534. In The United States Strange is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 14 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Indiana, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 75 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Strange Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Strange has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Strange last name grew 643 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 169 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 549 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 480 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 81 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Strange Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Strange last name is predominantly Presbyterian (72%) in Ireland.
In The United States Strange are 17.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.99% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Strange earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.49% less than the national average, earning 261,325 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 63.56% more than the national average, earning R 388,680 per year; in United States they earn 3.66% less than the national average, earning $41,570 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.02% more than the national average, earning $49,694 CAD per year.
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