Last Name FERGUSSON

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Meaning The son of Fergus. The name crept over the border into Cumberland nad Northumberland. Nickname Fergie or Fargie.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 35,053 (2000 US census) 27,722 (1990 US census)
Count 609 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.59%, or 503 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.46%, or 82 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.97%, or 12 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.31%, or 8 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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