Firmstone Surname

514,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 634 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Firmstone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Firmstone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3001:185,72716,605
United States1691:2,144,727135,635
South Africa741:732,13151,520
Australia591:457,55435,515
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1501:162,50213,995
Wales31:522,80514,314
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Firmstone Last Name Facts

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

The surname Firmstone is found most in England. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Firmstone? popularity and diffusion

The last name Firmstone is the 514,664th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,494,552 people. The surname Firmstone occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Firmstone reside; 49 percent reside in Northern Europe and 49 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Firmstone is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 300 people, or 1 in 185,727. In England it is most numerous in: Shropshire, where 28 percent are found, West Midlands, where 15 percent are found and Lincolnshire, where 10 percent are found. Other than England this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and South Africa, where 12 percent are found.

Firmstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Firmstone has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Firmstone surname rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 3,380 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Firmstone Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Firmstone surname are 24.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.42% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Firmstone earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.39% more than the national average, earning R 442,944 per year and in United States they earn 7.78% less than the national average, earning $39,791 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
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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 Firmstone
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