Violet is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Violet
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: It all depends on the geographical origin of the name. En Roussillon has to be seen as a diminutive of viola (violet or violates). In the east and southeast, it rather means a small road (from the Latin through with diminutive suffix).

How popular is Violet?

Violet is common in United States.

Violet is ranked 41038 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Violets plummeted by 5.389222 per cent to 790 since 2000 and slipped by 2533 spots and ranked at 29768. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.27 93.41
Hispanic or Latino 3.16 1.08
Black 2.66 2.51
Others 2.15 2.28
Violet is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Uganda which signifies that it is originated from Uganda. Around 11901 people have been found who wears Violet as their family name. Violet is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
28,661 Serbia8
20,790 Nigeria6
5,340 Iceland6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
103,755 Czech Republic5
59,967 Moldova4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
32,086 Mexico3
23,165 Romania3
46,068 Philippines3
18,625 Japan2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
10,395 Latvia2
23,858 Iran2
5,300 Syria2
9,185 Hong Kong2
12,161 Wales2
14,521 Portugal2
1,151 Brunei2
10,284 Kuwait2
34,681 Norway2
37,372 Georgia2
31,584 Peru1
14,618 Guyana1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
34,581 Chile1
9,116 Nicaragua1
15,162 Costa Rica1
24,460 Armenia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
49,529 Israel1
31,207 Ireland1
3,586 Honduras1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,232 French Polynesia1
3,350 Fiji1
25,721 Egypt1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
613 Central African Republic1
16,228 Bulgaria1
28,746 Algeria1
14,373 Jordan1
2,078 Lesotho1
4,942 Libya1
5,589 Sudan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
24,421 Slovakia1
971 Seychelles1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
58,885 Poland1
5,924 Paraguay1
17,768 Pakistan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
3,275 Nepal1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,024 Mongolia1
6,688 Malawi1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
50,912 Kazakhstan43
28,564 Switzerland36
36,125 Belarus31
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
9,620 Singapore30
43,662 Belgium30
14,963 Scotland26
68,343 Spain23
24,534 New Zealand17
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,811 Australia97
57,588 Argentina75
110,851 Indonesia70
50,757 Canada60
Countries with hundreds of Violet:
9,471 South Africa676
8,131 Kenya628
6,268 Cameroon496
4,661 Malaysia481
34,797 Russia437
21,023 England247
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
42,475 Italy190
30,038 Ukraine181
113,440 India177
60,164 Brazil159
8,098 Colombia140
31,070 Turkey140
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Violet:
2,362 Uganda2,427
3,886 France2,057
1,404 Vietnam1,391
28,585 United States1,051
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Comments

J
Johnathon Clover
Purple is a diminutive of rape in which designated former Burgundy, Dauphine, a path it is derived from life which means way, path: locality name or hamlet became surname.

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