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Top 10 last names in Nova Scotia

Did you know Nova Scotia has 40,561 unique surnames?
Here's the top 10:
#1 MacDonald
Incidence: 17,316 Frequency: 1:57 Percent of Canada’s MacDonalds in NS: 21.98% Rank in Canada: 10
#2 Smith
Incidence: 10,424 Frequency: 1:94 Percent of Canada’s Smiths in NS: 5.43% Rank in Canada: 1
#3 Brown
Incidence: 5,216 Frequency: 1:188 Percent of Canada’s Browns in NS: 4.79% Rank in Canada: 2
#4 Leblanc
Incidence: 5,113 Frequency: 1:191 Percent of Canada’s Leblancs in NS: 7.53% Rank in Canada: 15
#5 MacNeil
Incidence: 4,741 Frequency: 1:206 Percent of Canada’s MacNeils in NS: 46.18% Rank in Canada: 467
#6 MacLean
Incidence: 4,626 Frequency: 1:212 Percent of Canada’s MacLeans in NS: 24.95% Rank in Canada: 210
#7 Campbell
Incidence: 4,598 Frequency: 1:213 Percent of Canada’s Campbells in NS: 6.47% Rank in Canada: 12
#8 White
Incidence: 4,371 Frequency: 1:224 Percent of Canada’s Whites in NS: 7.70% Rank in Canada: 21
#9 Fraser
Incidence: 4,359 Frequency: 1:225 Percent of Canada’s Frasers NS: 12.57% Rank in Canada: 65
#10 MacLeod
Incidence: 4,257 Frequency: 1:230 Percent of Canada’s MacLeods in NS: 22.67% Rank in Canada: 202
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