Village Surname

341,803rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,074 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Village Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Village Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4561:118,81114,123
Iran3401:225,83117,616
England1371:406,70127,895
France831:800,27496,515
Canada401:921,14070,350
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:468,75726,382
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Village (439) may also be a first name.

Village Last Name Facts

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

The surname Village occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Village click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Village? popularity and diffusion

It is the 341,803rd most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,785,425 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 43 percent of Village are found; 42 percent are found in Southern Africa and 42 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 409,203rd most commonly held given name world-wide. It is borne by 439 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 456 people, or 1 in 118,811. In South Africa Village is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 64 percent live, North West, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Outside of South Africa it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 32 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Village Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Village has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Village surname increased 263 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Village Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Village earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.93% less than the national average, earning R 61,956 per year and in Canada they earn 14.27% more than the national average, earning $56,774 CAD 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Village
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