Borthistle Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Australia

Borthistle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Borthistle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada491:751,95159,756
Australia371:729,61448,196
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland241:184,5789,087

Borthistle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Borthistle occurs most in Canada. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Borthistle click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Borthistle? popularity and diffusion

The last name Borthistle is the 1,955,159th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. Borthistle occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Borthistle are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Borthistle is most widespread in Canada, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 751,951. In Canada Borthistle is primarily found in: British Columbia, where 65 percent live and Manitoba, where 35 percent live. Beside Canada it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 41 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Borthistle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Borthistle has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people carrying the Borthistle last name contracted 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Borthistle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Anglican (83%) in Ireland.

Borthistle earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 0.63% less than the national average, earning $49,368 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birthistle9082/
Berthistle900/
Birthwistle865/
Birthwhistle825/
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
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  • 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 Borthistle
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