Gholston Surname

145,828th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,043 people bear this surname

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

Gholston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gholston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0351:119,42612,796
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2271:221,22818,802

Gholston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gholston is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gholston.

How Common Is The Last Name Gholston? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gholston is the 145,828th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,394,856 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gholston are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 3,035 people, or 1 in 119,426. In The United States Gholston is mostly found in: Alabama, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 12 percent reside and Georgia, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The United States it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Gholston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gholston has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,337 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gholston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gholston last name are 4.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.31% being registered to vote for the party.

Gholston earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.61% less than the national average, earning $37,275 USD per year.

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Gholston Reference & Research

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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 Gholston
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis