Feston Surname
Approximately 2,671 people bear this surname
Feston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,353 | 1:7,275 | 1,067 |
| Tanzania | 213 | 1:248,552 | 20,077 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Feston (9,618) may also be a first name.
Feston Demographics
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Feston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Feston Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Feston is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Feston? popularity and diffusion
Feston is the 162,759th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,728,396 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Feston live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 62,914th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 9,618 people.
The surname Feston is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,353 people, or 1 in 7,275. Besides Malawi it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Feston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Feston has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Feston last name rose 960 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Feston Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Feston surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% being registered with the party.
Feston earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.87% more than the national average, earning $48,272 USD per year.
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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 Feston
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