Charlestone Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Charlestone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Charlestone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348

Charlestone (113) may also be a first name.

Charlestone Last Name Facts

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

The surname Charlestone is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Charlestone? popularity and diffusion

The surname Charlestone is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Charlestone occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Charlestone live; 44 percent live in Southern Africa and 44 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 881,625th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 113 people.

Charlestone is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

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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 Charlestone
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