Coniston Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Coniston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coniston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:2,653,24194,788
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Coniston Last Name Facts

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

Coniston is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coniston? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Coniston is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Coniston live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 2,653,241. In England Coniston is most numerous in: Greater London, where 38 percent reside, South Yorkshire, where 33 percent reside and City of Bristol, where 14 percent reside. Excluding England this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Coniston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Coniston has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Coniston last name rose 210 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Coniston
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