Funston Surname

189,493rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Funston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Funston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2431:291,60027,038
Canada3721:99,04710,758
Australia2971:90,89510,420
Northern Ireland1111:16,6222,199
England651:857,20145,134
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Argentina411:1,042,52264,438
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Ireland101:470,89415,820
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1131:39,2023,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2901:173,16815,571

Funston (15) may also be a first name.

Funston Last Name Facts

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

Funston occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Funston? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 189,493rd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,269,424 people. Funston occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Funston live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 15 people.

The last name Funston is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 1,243 people, or 1 in 291,600. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 16 percent are found, Washington, where 14 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.

Funston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Funston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Funston last name grew 429 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 295 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 91 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Funston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Funston surname is principally Anglican (56%) in Ireland.

In The United States Funston are 13.16% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.93% registered with the political party.

The amount Funston earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 98.23% more than the national average, earning R 471,072 per year; in United States they earn 11.82% more than the national average, earning $48,251 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.8% more than the national average, earning $59,025 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
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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 Funston
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