Giston Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Giston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Giston (123) may also be a first name.
Giston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Giston Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Giston is found most in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Giston? popularity and diffusion
Giston is the 4,307,654th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Giston live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 840,349th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 123 people.
The surname Giston is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,102,731. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 93 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 7 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe Giston occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 29 percent live and Malawi, where 5 percent live.
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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 Giston
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