Sugars Surname

325,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Sugars Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Sigher'; v. Sayer and Seager.

Robert Sulgar, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Sulgar, 1379: ibid.

Jane wyf to Sugero, filio Hemoney Copledale: Visitation of Yorkshire.

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Sugars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia4011:67,3218,011
United States3651:993,03873,486
England2941:189,51716,830
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
France131:5,109,440259,941
India101:76,706,538639,611
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland151:295,32411,912
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1651:147,73013,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1121:448,38132,409

Sugars Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Sigher'; v. Sayer and Seager.

Robert Sulgar, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Sulgar, 1379: ibid.

Jane wyf to Sugero, filio Hemoney Copledale: Visitation of Yorkshire.

Hugh Sugar, Patent Roll, 1 Henry VII.

1609-10. Gregory Sugar, or Suger, Dorset: Register of the University of Oxford.

1650. Married — John Sugar and Mary Holten: St. Dionis Backchurch.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1. A corruption of Segar. 2. Mr. Ferguson thinks it is a corruption of Anglo-Saxon sigra, a victor.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Sugars Last Name Facts

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

Sugars occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Sugars click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sugars? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sugars is the 325,895th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,386,982 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 35 percent of Sugars are found; 35 percent are found in Australasia and 35 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Sugars is most commonly used in Australia, where it is borne by 401 people, or 1 in 67,321. In Australia Sugars is mostly found in: Queensland, where 36 percent live, New South Wales, where 25 percent live and South Australia, where 22 percent live. Outside of Australia Sugars occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent live and England, where 26 percent live.

Sugars Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sugars has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sugars last name rose 326 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 178 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sugars Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sugars last name is predominantly Anglican (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sugars last name are 14.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.06% being registered with the party.

The amount Sugars earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.01% less than the national average, earning $42,283 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.95% less than the national average, earning $46,725 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shugars92997/
Suggars92134/
Schugars8640/
Szuggars869/
Shuggars862/
Sugers833/
Sogars831/
Zugars831/
Jugaurs7799/
Suggers773/
Juggars771/
Shugers771/
Saugers770/
Suigers770/
Soughers7152/
Schugers711/
Shuggers710/
Schuegers6723/
Zugors671/
Zugers671/
Zhugaursova593/
Shiggers571/
Zughorst571/

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