Chrisostomos Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Chrisostomos Surname User-submission:

The Chrysostomou or Chrisostomos surname means 'golden mouth'. Christo is 'gold' in Greek. Stomos means 'opening', similar to the word stomata in plants. Thus it means 'golden mouth'. It refers back to John the Baptist who delivered the message that Christ was arriving.

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Chrisostomos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Chrisostomos (202) may also be a first name.

Chrisostomos Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Chrysostomou or Chrisostomos surname means 'golden mouth'. Christo is 'gold' in Greek. Stomos means 'opening', similar to the word stomata in plants. Thus it means 'golden mouth'. It refers back to John the Baptist who delivered the message that Christ was arriving. When combined with Prodromou, which means 'forerunner', then the meaning is referring to the golden message being delivered before Christ's appearance.

- chrisprodromou

Chriso means 'gold and stomos is 'mouth'. When combined with the surname, Prodromou, meaning 'fore runner' the names collectively mean 'golden mouth fore runner'. Thus, Chrisostomos Prodromou, goes back to John the Baptist. The one who brought the golden message ahead of Christ's arrival.

- chrisostomos

Chrisostomos Last Name Facts

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

Chrisostomos is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chrisostomos? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 72 percent of Chrisostomos reside; 72 percent reside in Australasia and 72 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 637,340th most common first name in the world, held by 202 people.

The last name is most widespread in Australia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 2,076,592. In Australia Chrisostomos is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 69 percent live and Queensland, where 31 percent live. Barring Australia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

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