Strothers Surname

314,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Panama

Strothers Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller on, or near, marshy land overgrown with brushwood; one who came from Strother (marshy meadow), in Northumberland.

Strothers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1151:325,07529,572
England421:1,326,62059,571
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Panama151:260,8176,584
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States901:557,98538,227

Strothers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller on, or near, marshy land overgrown with brushwood; one who came from Strother (marshy meadow), in Northumberland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A location name in Durham.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Strothers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Strothers is most common in The United States. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Strothers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 314,885th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,113,713 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Strothers live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Strothers is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 1,115 people, or 1 in 325,075. In The United States Strothers is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 10 percent are found, New Jersey, where 9 percent are found and Virginia, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Strothers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Strothers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Strothers last name expanded 1,239 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 191 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Strothers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Strothers last name are 7.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.19% registered with the political party.

Strothers earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.47% less than the national average, earning $34,749 USD per year.

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Strothers Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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