Sutherman Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Sutherman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sutherman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Sutherman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sutherman is found most frequently in England. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sutherman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Sutherman are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England Sutherman is mostly found in: Greater Manchester, where 100 percent are found. Other than England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 10 percent are found.

Sutherman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sutherman has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Sutherman last name rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Sutherman
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