Firestein Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Firestein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Firestein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2821:1,285,31590,259
Israel581:147,54515,555
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Firestein Last Name Facts

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

The surname Firestein is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Firestein.

How Common Is The Last Name Firestein? popularity and diffusion

Firestein is the 786,896th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Firestein live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 1,285,315. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 22 percent reside, New York, where 21 percent reside and Maryland, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States Firestein is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Firestein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Firestein has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Firestein last name grew 1,128 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Firestein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Firestein are 7.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.24% registered with the political party.

The amount Firestein earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 27.57% more than the national average, earning $55,047 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.41% more than the national average, earning $61,813 CAD 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 Firestein
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