Vernon Surname
Approximately 43,179 people bear this surname
Vernon Surname Definition:
A rare surname in Scotland, and most probably of late introduction from south of the Border. The name is territorial probably from Vernon ("place of alders") in the arron-dissement of Evreux. There are, however, sixty-four places so named in France.
Read More About This SurnameVernon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,998 | 1:15,104 | 1,900 |
| England | 9,000 | 1:6,191 | 883 |
| Australia | 2,656 | 1:10,164 | 1,509 |
| Canada | 1,690 | 1:21,802 | 2,988 |
| Jamaica | 1,564 | 1:1,835 | 300 |
| France | 833 | 1:79,739 | 11,254 |
| Belize | 604 | 1:589 | 119 |
| New Zealand | 428 | 1:10,580 | 1,842 |
| Wales | 401 | 1:7,717 | 858 |
| Scotland | 321 | 1:16,679 | 2,043 |
| South Africa | 281 | 1:192,803 | 20,875 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Northern Ireland | 122 | 1:15,123 | 2,057 |
| Ireland | 95 | 1:49,568 | 3,605 |
| Panama | 94 | 1:41,620 | 2,166 |
| Cayman Islands | 83 | 1:770 | 121 |
| Guatemala | 81 | 1:198,551 | 3,805 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Thailand | 55 | 1:1,284,334 | 183,539 |
| Mexico | 53 | 1:2,342,004 | 20,289 |
| Spain | 50 | 1:935,041 | 35,950 |
| Isle of Man | 35 | 1:2,452 | 488 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 26 | 1:52,461 | 4,513 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Chile | 23 | 1:765,934 | 16,989 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Guyana | 19 | 1:40,117 | 3,928 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Jersey | 14 | 1:7,086 | 1,520 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Honduras | 6 | 1:1,469,407 | 5,474 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 70 | 1:63,284 | 4,864 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,651 | 1:5,241 | 797 |
| Scotland | 170 | 1:22,019 | 2,113 |
| Wales | 99 | 1:15,843 | 942 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:4,324 | 761 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,325 | 1:15,103 | 1,937 |
Vernon (174,047) may also be a first name.
Vernon Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A rare surname in Scotland, and most probably of late introduction from south of the Border. The name is territorial probably from Vernon ("place of alders") in the arron-dissement of Evreux. There are, however, sixty-four places so named in France. Edward Vernon, surveyor at Drumlanrig, Dumfriesshire, 1742.
(Anglo-French-Celt.) belonging to Vernon (France) [the stem is that of Verney (q.v.): the suff. is either the diminutive -on (Latin -i-on-em), or else it represents, as in some other cases, Latin -i-an-um] de Vernon occurs on the mural list of “Compagnons de Guillaume à la Conquête de l’Angleterre en MLXVI" in Dives Church; and Vernoun figures in the so- called copies of the Roll of Battle Abbey.
William de Vernun.—Patent Rolls, A.D. 1218-19.
Vernon is a common French place- name, but the chief source of the A.-French surname is prob. Vernon, Eure, Normandy.
(French, English) One who came from Vernon (the alder grove), the name of several places in France.
William de Vernon was lord and owner of the town and district of Vernon sur Seine, in the arrondissement of Louviers in 1052. His eldest son, Richard, accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066, and was one of the seven barons created by the kinglet, Hugh Lupus, the Conqueror's nephew, in his county-palatine of Chester. A Walter de Vernon was also a tenant in chief in co. Bucks, at the time of the Domesday survey.
Local. From Vernon, a place in Normandy.
A Norman baronial name. William, Richard, Gervin, Ralph, de Vernon, Normandy 1180- 95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Roger was Baron of Vernon c. 1030, about which time his dau. Blithildis was married. She in 1082 granted to Trinity, Caen, the lands at Vernon given to her by her father Roger. The grant was made with consent of William, her nephew, then Lord of Vernon (Gall. Christ. xi. 70, Instr.). This William recovered Vernon (which had been granted to Count Guy of Burgundy); and from him descended the Barons of Vernon, who held sixty-one knights’ fees in barony; and of whom William de V. founded the Collegiate Church at Vernon in 1160 (Gall. Christ. xi. 583). William I. had several brothers who came to England 1066, viz., 1. Richard; 2. Walter of Cheshire 1086, d. s. p.; 3. Alured of Suffolk, living 1086. Richard held sixteen lordships in barony in Cheshire 1086, and is said to have been heir of his brother Walter. Hugh, his son, had Walter, father of Warin, father of Richard, barons of Shipbroke. The latter had: 1. Warin, ancestor of the Vernons, barons and earls of Shipbroke; 2. William, Chief Justice of Chester, ancestor of the Vernons of Haddon, and of the Lords Vernon.
From Vernon; a location name. in Normandy. Vernoun in Roll of Battell Abbey; in the Domesday Book, de Vernon.
Vernon: from Vernon in the arrondissement of Evreux. Richard and Walter appear in Domesday. Richard was one of the Barons of the palatinate of Hugh Lupus in Cheshire, and had a castle at Shipbrook on the Wever.
Vernon Demographics
Average Vernon Salary in
United States
$42,914 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vernon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vernon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vernon (Arabic: فرنون, Hindi: वर्नन, Marathi: वेरनॉन, Russian: Вернон) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vernon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,995th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 168,775 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Vernon live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 6,034th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 174,047 people.
Vernon is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 23,998 people, or 1 in 15,104. In The United States Vernon is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and North Carolina, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 106 countries. It is also common in England, where 21 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.
Vernon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Vernon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Vernon last name increased 722 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 405 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 189 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 136 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Vernon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Vernon surname is principally Catholic (48%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Vernon last name are 17.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.85% being registered with the party.
The amount Vernon earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 367% more than the national average, earning R 1,109,780 per year; in United States they earn 0.54% less than the national average, earning $42,914 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.33% more than the national average, earning $56,304 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vergnon | 92 | 824 | / |
| Vernone | 92 | 77 | / |
| Vernnon | 92 | 21 | / |
| Vearnon | 92 | 15 | / |
| Vernond | 92 | 2 | / |
| Vernont | 92 | 2 | / |
| Vwernon | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hvernon | 92 | 0 | / |
| Voernon | 92 | 0 | / |
| Viernon | 92 | 0 | / |
| Vernoine | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bernon | 83 | 2,940 | / |
| Varnon | 83 | 499 | / |
| Fernon | 83 | 331 | / |
| Vernan | 83 | 79 | / |
| Wernon | 83 | 34 | / |
| Vrenon | 83 | 13 | / |
| Vernom | 83 | 11 | / |
| Virnon | 83 | 0 | / |
| Vornon | 83 | 0 | / |
| Vernant | 77 | 194 | / |
| Vernoum | 77 | 56 | / |
| Fearnon | 77 | 37 | / |
| Vernand | 77 | 34 | / |
| Bernoin | 77 | 15 | / |
| Vernang | 77 | 9 | / |
| Bernoun | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bernone | 77 | 3 | / |
| Vernnan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Veirnan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vergnan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fernont | 77 | 1 | / |
| Veernan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Varnuon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bernotn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Berrnon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bearnon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Berngon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bernnon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bernoon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bergnon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bernonk | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bernont | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bernond | 77 | 0 | / |
| Fiernon | 77 | 0 | / |
| Viernan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Faernon | 77 | 0 | / |
| Vernhamn | 71 | 24 | / |
| Vergnand | 71 | 6 | / |
| Fernotin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bernoune | 71 | 1 | / |
| Werngnon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vernaten | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fernan | 67 | 3,645 | / |
| Bernan | 67 | 969 | / |
| Varnan | 67 | 541 | / |
| Farnon | 67 | 424 | / |
| Warnon | 67 | 305 | / |
| Vernam | 67 | 207 | / |
| Bernom | 67 | 24 | / |
| Fernán | 67 | 13 | / |
| Virnan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Frenon | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wornon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fernão | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fornon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Birnon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wernan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wrenon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bernón | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vernootem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wirnon | 67 | 0 | / |
Vernon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vernon in the Hindi language | ||
| वर्नन | varnana | 50 |
| वेरनोन | veranona | 50 |
| Vernon in the Marathi language | ||
| वेरनॉन | veranona | 34.38 |
| वेरनोन | veranona | 25 |
| वरनॉन | varanona | 9.38 |
| वेरनोनांक | veranonanka | 3.13 |
| वेरन | verana | 3.13 |
| बेनोन | benona | 3.13 |
| वेनोन | venona | 3.13 |
| बेनॉन | benona | 3.13 |
| वेनर्न | venarna | 3.13 |
| वेरनान | veranana | 3.13 |
| वरनोन | varanona | 3.13 |
| वेरॉन | verona | 3.13 |
| वेरनन | veranana | 3.13 |
| Vernon in the Russian language | ||
| Вернон | vernon | - |
| Vernon in the Arabic language | ||
| فرنون | frnwn | - |
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