Birthistle Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Birthistle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birthistle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland581:81,1894,753
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Birthistle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Birthistle is most common in Ireland. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Birthistle? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,075,631st most widespread last name globally, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Birthistle live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Birthistle is most prevalent in Ireland, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 81,189. In Ireland it is mostly concentrated in: Leinster, where 98 percent are found and Munster, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Ireland Birthistle exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Birthistle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Birthistle has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people carrying the Birthistle last name rose 363 percent between 1901 and 2014; in The United States it rose 500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Birthistle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Birthistle surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Birthistle earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.39% less than the national average, earning $26,583 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birdthistle9559/
Birthwistle955/
Birthwhistle915/
Borthistle9091/
Berthistle900/
Berthestle800/
Perry-Thistle709/
Barth-Stolley707/
Barth Stähli641/

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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 Birthistle
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