Verge Surname
Approximately 5,967 people bear this surname
Verge Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the verge,' from residence therein. Probably for verger. Chaucer, a garden; French, vergier. Chaucer has the form verge: 'He had idlenesse thee convaid in the verge where Mirth him pleid.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1,452 | 1:25,376 | 3,413 |
| France | 1,426 | 1:46,580 | 5,982 |
| United States | 1,071 | 1:338,430 | 30,515 |
| Spain | 985 | 1:47,464 | 4,480 |
| Argentina | 383 | 1:111,602 | 9,428 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| England | 181 | 1:307,835 | 23,246 |
| Denmark | 59 | 1:95,673 | 9,081 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 58 | 1:420,265 | 24,785 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
The alternate forms: Vergé (241) & Vergè (2) are calculated separately.
Verge (183) may also be a first name.
Verge Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the verge,' from residence therein. Probably for verger. Chaucer, a garden; French, vergier. Chaucer has the form verge: 'He had idlenesse thee convaid in the verge where Mirth him pleid.'
Richard de la Verge, Close Rolls, 3 Edward I.
Oddly enough, I cannot light on any instances in modern church registers. But the one quotation above is worth a hundred such entries, as it at once settles the origin of the surname.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at the Virgate or Yardland [Anglo-French verge; from Latin virga, a rod] Richard de la Verge.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1275.
(English, French) One who tilled a verge or yardland (from fifteen to thirty acres); one who had sworn fealthy to his lord; dweller near a boundary.
Or Vierge, a foreign name, of which the Latin form Virgo remains also, but which has not been identified.
Verge Demographics
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Verge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Verge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Verge (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺮﺝ) occurs in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Vergé or Vergè. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Verge? popularity and diffusion
It is the 81,412th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,221,308 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Verge reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 673,127th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 183 people.
The last name Verge is most frequently held in Canada, where it is borne by 1,452 people, or 1 in 25,376. In Canada it is most common in: Ontario, where 29 percent live, Nova Scotia, where 18 percent live and Newfoundland and Labrador, where 16 percent live. Besides Canada Verge occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in France, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.
Verge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Verge has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Verge surname rose 2,491 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 312 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Verge Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Verge last name are 8.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.86% being registered with the party.
The amount Verge earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 22.61% less than the national average, earning 267,844 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.74% less than the national average, earning $40,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.06% less than the national average, earning $47,664 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Verge Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Verge in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺮﺝ | frj | - |
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