Honesty Surname

280,928th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,374 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Honesty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Honesty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran8411:91,2999,152
Nigeria4051:437,39022,495
Indonesia1171:1,130,33581,024
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1461:343,96426,445

Honesty (3,064) may also be a first name.

Honesty Last Name Facts

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

Honesty is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Honesty? popularity and diffusion

The last name Honesty is the 280,928th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,303,891 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Honesty are found; 61 percent are found in South Asia and 61 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 130,388th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 3,064 people.

The surname is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 841 people, or 1 in 91,299. In Iran Honesty is most common in: Tehran Province, where 15 percent are found, East Azerbaijan Province, where 10 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Iran this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Honestey930/
Onesty92100/
Honesta8671/
Honesti8657/
Honeste869/
Hanesty864/
Honisty861/
Onnesty861/
Honester8010/
Onesti771,219/
Onesta77177/
Anesty7737/
Onysty774/
Oneste771/
Jonesti7179/
Ognisty7173/
Hanesti7169/
Honeysette7168/
Ohnysty7146/
Hanesta7145/
Annesty7144/
Angesty7129/
Onestep715/
O'Nesti715/
Anestey711/
Anestay711/
Onestti711/
Onestie711/
Anestoy711/
Hanisty711/
Onester710/
Ohnystyi67117/
Annestay6712/
Hanneste6712/
Ognistyy6712/
Ognistiy673/
Honneystett671/
Chanesta671/
Aneistty671/

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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 Honesty
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