Elphinston Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Elphinston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Elphinston (27) may also be a first name.
Elphinston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elphinston Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elphinston is more frequently found in Australia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Elphinston.
How Common Is The Last Name Elphinston? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Elphinston is primarily found in Oceania, where 65 percent of Elphinston reside; 65 percent reside in Australasia and 65 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. Elphinston is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 27 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 729,614. In Australia Elphinston is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 43 percent live, Queensland, where 32 percent live and Tasmania, where 19 percent live. Apart from Australia this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Elphinston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Elphinston has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elphinstone | 95 | 1,044 | / |
| Elphinestone | 91 | 1 | / |
| Elphenstone | 86 | 0 | / |
| Elfinstone | 80 | 1 | / |
| Elvenstone | 70 | 1 | / |
| Alphonstina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ellefonstone | 64 | 0 | / |
| Elfenstein | 60 | 5 | / |
| Helfenstan | 60 | 0 | / |
| Alfonstone | 60 | 0 | / |
| Ulvensten | 53 | 2 | / |
| Alfenstein | 50 | 1 | / |
| Alfonstina | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Elphinston
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