Usher Surname
Approximately 24,622 people bear this surname
Usher Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the usher,' 'a door-keeper, one who introduced strangers. Middle English vschere (Skeat).
Peter le Usser, Berkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Usher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,881 | 1:36,682 | 4,550 |
| England | 6,168 | 1:9,033 | 1,311 |
| Australia | 1,884 | 1:14,329 | 2,031 |
| Belize | 1,353 | 1:263 | 31 |
| Canada | 1,199 | 1:30,730 | 4,008 |
| South Africa | 773 | 1:70,088 | 8,744 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Scotland | 381 | 1:14,052 | 1,800 |
| Ireland | 341 | 1:13,809 | 1,617 |
| Wales | 253 | 1:12,231 | 1,359 |
| Zimbabwe | 155 | 1:99,602 | 14,056 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| New Zealand | 103 | 1:43,964 | 7,284 |
| Nigeria | 92 | 1:1,925,465 | 68,462 |
| Jamaica | 88 | 1:32,613 | 2,338 |
| Guyana | 87 | 1:8,761 | 1,376 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Paraguay | 51 | 1:141,897 | 2,990 |
| Uruguay | 49 | 1:70,036 | 7,400 |
| Thailand | 44 | 1:1,605,417 | 210,847 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| Northern Ireland | 29 | 1:63,622 | 4,809 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Jersey | 15 | 1:6,613 | 1,336 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Panama | 13 | 1:300,943 | 7,078 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Guatemala | 11 | 1:1,462,061 | 5,661 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 201 | 1:22,039 | 2,488 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,168 | 1:7,694 | 1,185 |
| Scotland | 74 | 1:50,584 | 3,461 |
| Wales | 60 | 1:26,140 | 1,495 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:9,045 | 877 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,577 | 1:31,844 | 3,830 |
Usher (2,181) may also be a first name.
Usher Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the usher,' 'a door-keeper, one who introduced strangers. Middle English vschere (Skeat).
Peter le Usser, Berkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
From the office of 'doorkeeper,' ME. uschere
(Anglo-French-Latin) Doorkeeper [Middle English uschere, uss(h)er, Old French ussier (French huissier), Latin ostiarius, doorkeeper] The usshers and the squiers been y-goon [gone].—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, F 293.
(English, Scottish) A doorkeeper, one who kept the door of the king's apartment.
French huissier. An official attendant on great persons, and in dignified courts of law, &c.
An officer of a court who introduces strangers; the under—master of a school.
From Ushaw; a location name in Durham.
Usher: from the French huissier. The “Boke of Curtasye” says: “Usher before the dore In outer chamber lies on the floor.”
The learned Archbishop of Armagh spelled his name Ussher. In Scotland the name is Wischart. Unless from Guiscard; but Guiscard itself is Huissier, with the common Norman-French ending -ard. In England, Hazard. There is, however, a place-name Ushaw in Durham.
Usher Demographics
Average Usher Salary in
United States
$42,638 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Usher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Usher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Usher (Hindi: उशेर, Russian: Ушер) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Usher? popularity and diffusion
It is the 22,083rd most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 295,977 people. The last name Usher occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Usher are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Usher is also the 160,479th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 2,181 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 9,881 people, or 1 in 36,682. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 11 percent live, Georgia, where 11 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States Usher exists in 107 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.
Usher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Usher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Usher surname grew 627 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 515 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 170 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 422 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Usher Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (59%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Usher last name are 7.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.26% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Usher earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 30.4% less than the national average, earning 240,870 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 14.88% more than the national average, earning R 273,000 per year; in United States they earn 1.18% less than the national average, earning $42,638 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.54% more than the national average, earning $55,912 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Usher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Usher in the Hindi language | ||
| उशेर | usera | - |
| Usher in the Russian language | ||
| Ушер | user | - |
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