Bonstow Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Bonstow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bonstow Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:2,228,72284,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Bonstow Last Name Facts

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

Bonstow is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonstow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bonstow is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Bonstow occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bonstow live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequent in England, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,228,722. In England Bonstow is most frequent in: Devon, where 68 percent are found, Derbyshire, where 12 percent are found and Berkshire, where 4 percent are found.

Bonstow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bonstow has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Bonstow last name rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bonstowe931/
Boonstow930/
Bnstow921/
Benstow8613/
Banstow860/
Banstowe801/
Bonstaff6752/
Bansodew671/
bin Sidow631/
Pennistow630/
bin Saedow591/
Bachenstoff561/
bin Sudiw501/
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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 Bonstow
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