Hairston Surname

28,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,019 people bear this surname

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

Hairston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hairston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,9651:19,1122,402
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5181:14,2751,823

Hairston (44) may also be a first name.

Hairston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hairston is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hairston.

How Common Is The Last Name Hairston? popularity and diffusion

Hairston is the 28,253rd most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 383,172 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Hairston live; 82 percent live in North America and 82 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 44 people.

The surname Hairston is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 18,965 people, or 1 in 19,112. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 15 percent live, Virginia, where 10 percent live and Ohio, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 0 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent live.

Hairston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hairston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hairston last name rose 539 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hairston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Hairston are 1.07% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.16% being registered with the political party.

Hairston earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.67% less than the national average, earning $36,820 USD per year.

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Hairston Reference & Research

Hairston DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Hairston 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 Hairston
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