Alston Forename

129,475th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,100 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Alston Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Nobly firm.

Alston Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
89%
 
1,4021:258,5868,462
Jamaica-2781:10,3711,164
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
2521:5,402926
India
100%
1401:8,677,700274,069
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
1311:852108
England
100%
1011:550,52411,304
Guyana
100%
771:9,9121,484
Canada
100%
691:480,19412,850
Grenada
100%
681:1,590339
South Africa
100%
671:813,92033,266
Liberia
100%
371:119,2454,888
Malaysia
100%
341:895,58632,752
Philippines
100%
331:3,212,40862,980
United Arab Emirates-331:216,72713,323
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Brazil
100%
271:7,934,672106,358
Barbados-261:11,1461,138
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
251:2,194494
Belize
100%
241:14,7631,892
Antigua and Barbuda-181:5,5221,017
Papua New Guinea
100%
181:452,90634,619
New Zealand-171:266,8268,395
United States Virgin Islands-141:7,8391,133
Singapore
100%
131:483,62011,161
Australia-131:1,050,58612,238
Indonesia-131:19,843,359506,931
China-121:113,837,98265,289
British Virgin Islands-121:2,604555
Zambia-101:1,585,47918,518
Hong Kong-101:775,2725,181
Scotland
87%
 
91:594,4857,010
Mexico
100%
71:17,734,91843,346
Nicaragua
100%
71:859,76211,907
Thailand
100%
61:11,677,636152,954
Panama-51:781,31118,191
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Saint Lucia
100%
51:35,5633,018
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Netherlands
100%
41:4,225,52128,563
Anguilla
100%
41:3,314681
Nigeria
100%
31:59,188,120318,216
Kenya-31:15,435,70351,312
Honduras-31:2,939,15620,066
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Peru
100%
21:15,895,72774,652
Montserrat-21:2,438412
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Cayman Islands-21:30,6501,815
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Afghanistan
100%
11:32,623,51666,536

Alston (43,227) may also be a surname.

Alston Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Nobly firm.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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