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The AFFLECK surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 672 32302 0 2
United States (1880 census) 132 25983 0 3
Change since 1880 +540 -6319 +N/A -1
Other Countries
Australia 297 5261 0.002 18
United Kingdom 815 6173 0.002 18
Top States for AFFLECK by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 93 21867 0.000 3
Utah 86 2900 0.004 39
Pennsylvania 52 23539 0.000 4
Washington 41 15073 0.001 7
Florida 40 33484 0.000 3
Top States for AFFLECK by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Utah 86 2900 0.004 39
Rhode Island 12 10088 0.001 11
Vermont 6 10640 0.001 10
Colorado 35 13191 0.001 8
Montana 7 15902 0.001 8

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called AFFLECK live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called AFFLECK represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called AFFLECK in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a AFFLECK by picking someone at random in Utah than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of AFFLECK

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the AFFLECK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the AFFLECK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of AFFLECK in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 632 94.05
Black/African American 19 2.83
Asian/Pacific 9 1.34
Mixed Race 5 0.74
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the AFFLECK surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of AFFLECK in historical publications

(origin: Gaelic and Celtic. Local) Said to be a corruption of the name Auchinleck, which was assumed by the proprietors of the lands and barony of Auchinleck, near Dundee, in Angusshire, Scotland. The name is pronounced Affleck by the natives. (See Auchinleck.)

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


AFFLECK. A smgular contraction of the surname Auchinleck, borne by an ancient family 'of that ilk' in Ayrshire. Sir Edmund Affleck created baronet in 1782, was sixth in descent from Sir John Auchinleck, son of Gilbert A. of Auchinleck. Baronetage.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to AFFLECK

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as AFFLECK.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for AFFLECK

The following words are slight variants of AFFLECK that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.