Nightingale is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nightingale
No. of characters: 11
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nightingale

How popular is Nightingale?

Nightingale is common in Canada.

Nightingale is ranked 25042 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nightingales grew by 15.07261 per cent to 4596 since 2000 and ranked 7255 after elevating 431 spots. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.06 90.26
Black 5.48 5.21
Hispanic or Latino 2.74 2.05
Others 1.85 1.4
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.58
Nightingale is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 20441 people have been found who wears Nightingale as their family name. Nightingale is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,296 Guyana9
1,005 Cayman Islands7
13,220 Thailand6
8,438 China5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
3,340 Jamaica3
35,789 Turkey3
25,074 Greece3
9,500 Ghana3
723,167 Indonesia2
44,018 Poland2
23,344 Austria2
54,641 Sweden2
8,995 Uganda2
50,640 Switzerland2
13,552 Qatar2
14,521 Portugal2
993 Guernsey2
1,235 Belize2
26,123 Malaysia2
10,211 Bulgaria2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
54,135 Philippines2
53,033 Nigeria1
15,162 Costa Rica1
29,774 Venezuela1
123,175 Tanzania1
174,544 Czech Republic1
897,276 Russia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
3,350 Fiji1
3,993 El Salvador1
12,741 Ecuador1
49,101 Denmark1
24,771 Colombia1
6,033 Benin1
10,958 Bangladesh1
846 American Samoa1
2,578 Guam1
29,046 Japan1
91,024 Belgium1
5,553 Taiwan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
24,421 Slovakia1
36,678 Singapore1
8,859 Iraq1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
17,768 Pakistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
258,282 India46
95,259 Italy45
16,483 Chile45
725 Malta31
595 Jersey28
1,064 Barbados23
62,494 Netherlands22
699 Isle of Man21
5,587 Trinidad and Tobago18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
34,746 Spain67
5,450 Ireland60
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Nightingale:
1,301 New Zealand566
1,201 Wales327
13,426 Kenya314
2,536 Scotland269
43,536 Germany235
8,874 Peru214
53,810 France184
56,243 Brazil175
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Nightingale:
984 England7,738
7,347 United States5,167
1,851 Australia1,708
4,119 South Africa1,589
3,711 Canada1,245
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Nightingale was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 15, 1849. He lived in England where he worked as bootmaker and took Arrick from Liverpool. Robert Nightingale (46) Lock Smith, Eliz. Nightingale (26) Lock Smith, Catherine Nightingale, aged 18, 40 years old Richard Nightingale, William Nightingale (55) Immigrant, Elizabeth Nightingale (51) Immigrant, David Nightingale (21) Immigrant, Immigrant Job Nightingale, Farmer Aaron Nightingale, and 20 other Nightingale around 58.33% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Nightingale Namesakes

  • Annie Nightingale, Radio broadcaster
  • Will Nightingale, Soccer player
  • Arletta Nightingale, Musical Artist
  • Annie Nightingale, Radio broadcaster
  • Tunde Nightingale, Singer
  • Tunde Nightingale, Singer
  • Florence Nightingale, Statistician
  • Benedict Nightingale, Journalist
  • Florence Nightingale, Statistician
  • Emmeline Susannah Nightingale Poppy, Jean Marsh's mother

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