Arnston Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Arnston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arnston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1271:2,854,007168,820
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Arnston Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arnston Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Arnston is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Arnston click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arnston? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,409,418th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Arnston live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Arnston is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 2,854,007. In The United States Arnston is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 17 percent are found, Montana, where 16 percent are found and California, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 17 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Arnston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Arnston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Arnston surname grew 2,540 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Arnston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Arnston last name are 3.02% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.25% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Arnston earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 54.05% more than the national average, earning $66,470 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.51% more than the national average, earning $56,890 CAD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Arnston
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