Synclair Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Synclair Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Synclair Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:1,638,76668,634
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Synclair (152) may also be a first name.

Synclair Last Name Facts

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

Synclair occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Synclair? popularity and diffusion

The surname Synclair is the 2,185,341st most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Synclair reside; 61 percent reside in Northern Europe and 60 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 746,252nd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 152 people.

The last name Synclair is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 1,638,766. In England Synclair is mostly concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 32 percent reside, Essex, where 29 percent reside and Durham, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account England this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Scotland, where 15 percent reside.

Synclair Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Synclair surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% registered with the political party.

Synclair earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.13% less than the national average, earning $38,347 USD per year.

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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 Synclair
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