Biston Surname
Approximately 2,132 people bear this surname
Biston Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Malawi | 993 | 1:17,240 | 2,710 |
France | 361 | 1:183,996 | 28,633 |
Philippines | 321 | 1:315,384 | 44,036 |
United States | 118 | 1:3,071,686 | 178,560 |
Brazil | 75 | 1:2,854,324 | 84,307 |
Belgium | 63 | 1:182,486 | 24,456 |
Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
Wales | 52 | 1:59,510 | 5,360 |
Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Biston (1,851) may also be a first name.
Biston Demographics
Average Biston Salary in
United States
$32,566 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Biston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biston Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Biston (Hindi: बिस्तों, Russian: Бистон) occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Biston? popularity and diffusion
The last name Biston is the 196,565th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,418,174 people. Biston is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Biston live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 177,126th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,851 people.
The last name Biston is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 993 people, or 1 in 17,240. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in France, where 17 percent are found and The Philippines, where 15 percent are found.
Biston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Biston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Biston last name increased 738 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 473 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it increased 183 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Biston Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Biston surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Biston surname are 11.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.29% being registered with the political party.
Biston earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.53% less than the national average, earning $32,566 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Biston Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Biston in the Hindi language | ||
बिस्तों | bistom | - |
Biston in the Russian language | ||
Бистон | biston | - |
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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 Biston
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