Straws Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

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

Straws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Straws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2011:1,803,278118,231
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1381:363,90427,584

Straws Last Name Facts

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

The surname Straws is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Straws? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,168,344th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Straws live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 1,803,278. In The United States Straws is most frequent in: Washington, where 19 percent live, California, where 18 percent live and New York, where 10 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Straws Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Straws has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Straws surname expanded 146 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Straws Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Straws are 15.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.16% being registered to vote for the party.

Straws earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.78% less than the national average, earning $38,067 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Strawss923/
Strawse923/
Stravs8345/
Strows8328/
Strews834/
Strawz833/
Straubs7714/
Stravss772/
Straufs772/
Shtravs771/
Strowse770/
Štravs67702/
Strofs676/
Strovs673/
Strävås623/
Stravch623/
Stroufs621/
Stroubs620/
Štrovs5054/
Strobz500/

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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 Straws
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