Alaston Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Alaston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Alaston (79) may also be a first name.
Alaston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaston Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alaston (Arabic: الستون) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaston? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 72 percent of Alaston live; 72 percent live in Oceania Islands and 72 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,083,225th most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 79 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Alaston is mostly found in: Northern, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent are found and The Philippines, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alaston Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alaston in the Arabic language | ||
| الستون | alstwn | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alaston
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