Edmund is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Edmund
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning:

Lastname is the variant of the Edmonds. The son of Edmond or Edmund meaning "rich, protector".

Lastname is variant form of Edmonds. The son of Edmund.

How popular is Edmund?

Edmund is common in Tanzania, Ghana, United States, Nigeria, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Sri Lanka, Saint Lucia, England, Guyana, Singapore, Papua New Guinea.

Edmund is ranked 43289 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Edmunds plummeted by 1.54 per cent to 896 since 2000 and slipped by 1539 spots and ranked at 27042. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 46.32 52.97
Black 41.41 36.59
Hispanic or Latino 4.35 3.96
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.79 1.87
Others 2.57 2.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.56 2.09
Edmund is quite popular family name mostly used in Tanzania however Saint Lucia lie ahead in terms of density. Around 12035 people have been found who wears Edmund as their family name. Edmund is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Edmund:
1,504 Tanzania4,604
2,007 Ghana1,732
24,546 United States1,394
Countries with hundreds of Edmund:
10,944 Nigeria997
3,709 Malaysia634
484 Trinidad and Tobago482
5,492 Sri Lanka439
146 Saint Lucia226
22,824 England186
859 Guyana157
1,573 Singapore133
10,215 Papua New Guinea105
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,039 Namibia97
39,362 Canada81
378 Micronesia64
2,371 Hong Kong56
2,997 Jamaica55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
124,033 Philippines46
3,638 Panama42
418 Grenada42
3,962 Northern Ireland41
46,030 Australia40
76,407 South Africa37
725 Barbados32
176,965 France30
10,113 Scotland29
354,286 India28
140,707 Germany27
8,773 Wales27
33,666 Sweden21
620 Antigua and Barbuda21
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
21,753 Liberia10
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
99,715 Uganda9
30,726 Qatar9
3,029 Guam8
47,603 Denmark6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Edmund from Great Britain aboard the Lord Nelson from Bristol during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 35 years old when he arrived in USA on October 5, 1848. Spinster Mary-Jane Edmund, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Merchant Heinrich Edmund from Germany aboard the Iffland from Bremen. He is registered to be 32 years old when he arrived in North Carolina on August 29, 1855. 32 years old J. Edmund, Franz Edmund (28) Farmer, Jan Edmund, aged 20, Steiner Edmund, aged 25, are others that migrated to US from Hamburg & Southampton, Liverpool and Bremen.

Edmund Namesakes

  • Alan de St Edmund, 13th-century English cleric and administrator of the Roman Catholic Church
  • After Edmund, art rock band from LaGrange, Georgia

Edmund Namesakes

  • Alan de St Edmund, 13th-century English cleric and administrator of the Roman Catholic Church
  • After Edmund, art rock band from LaGrange, Georgia

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