Struther Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

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

Struther Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Dweller by a Stream [Gaelic (and Irish) sruthair]

Struther Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland311:120,7495,564
England281:870,54937,307
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Struther Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Dweller by a Stream [Gaelic (and Irish) sruthair]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Struther Last Name Facts

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

Struther is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Struther? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Struther reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Struther is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 18 percent live, Georgia, where 9 percent live and Hawaii, where 9 percent live. Not including The United States it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cuba, where 7 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Struther Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Struther has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Struther surname fell 84 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Struther Last Name Statistics demography

Struther earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 44.63% less than the national average, earning $23,891 USD per year.

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Struther Reference & Research

Strother 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 Struther
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