Gregston Surname

554,992nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 574 people bear this surname

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

Gregston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gregston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5681:638,13251,357
France21:33,211,361423,184
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
England11:55,718,059489,080
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland241:184,5789,087
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Gregston (60) may also be a first name.

Gregston Last Name Facts

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

Gregston is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gregston? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 554,992nd most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,696,073 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Gregston live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. Gregston is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 60 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 568 people, or 1 in 638,132. In The United States Gregston is most numerous in: Texas, where 28 percent are found, Oklahoma, where 15 percent are found and Missouri, where 11 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.

Gregston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gregston has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gregston last name grew 1,385 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Gregston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Anglican (42%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Gregston last name are 27.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 74.44% registered with the political party.

Gregston earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.52% more than the national average, earning $45,099 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gregstone940/
Gragston8850/
Grigston8830/
Gregstom881/
Gregstan880/
Gregstun880/
Grexton80160/
Groxton672/
Graxton671/
Grixton670/
Graxtan530/

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Gregston Reference & Research

Gregston/Gregson FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Gregston
  • 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