Bastow Surname

162,058th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,685 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Bastow Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Red Place. [Old English baso, red + stów). Or Bas(s)’s Place. [v. Bass2]

Bastow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2761:43,6665,546
United States6061:598,11748,731
Australia5051:53,4576,596
Canada1531:240,82122,946
Wales301:103,1518,167
Scotland281:191,20810,357
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Ireland141:336,35312,021
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
China31:455,773,85521,925
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9911:24,5973,411
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States771:652,19142,935

Bastow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Red Place. [Old English baso, red + stów). Or Bas(s)’s Place. [v. Bass2]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Baston; a location name in Lincolnshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Bastow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bastow has its highest incidence in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bastow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 162,058th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,714,170 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Bastow live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

Bastow is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 1,276 people, or 1 in 43,666. In England it is mostly concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 39 percent live, Devon, where 6 percent live and Greater London, where 5 percent live. Outside of England Bastow occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent live and Australia, where 19 percent live.

Bastow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bastow has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Bastow last name rose 129 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 787 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 467 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 127 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bastow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Bastow surname is predominantly Methodist (91%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Bastow surname are 4.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.37% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bastow earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 34.01% less than the national average, earning R 156,828 per year; in United States they earn 4.93% more than the national average, earning $45,278 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.78% more than the national average, earning $51,063 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Baistow92100/
Beastow926/
Bastowe921/
Bastoow921/
Bestow83157/
Bostow83144/
Bastov83120/
Bastob8337/
Bastof832/
Bastaw831/
Bastova77146/
Bashtov7732/
Baystov777/
Baistov777/
Basthof775/
Bostowe772/
Bastoev771/
Baustof771/
Baistów771/
Beestow771/
Bashtaw770/
Bastoph770/
Bastoff770/
Buistow770/
Bashtova71110/
Baysetov7127/
Baystova7110/
Baistoff713/
Bastophe711/
Baistova711/
Beastoff710/
Bastav67193/
Bastab6791/
Bestov6776/
Vastaw6735/
Bostov6722/
Bestof6711/
Vastov678/
Baxtov677/
Bastaf671/

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