Honston Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Honston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Honston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Honston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Honston is found most frequently in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Honston? popularity and diffusion

The last name Honston is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Honston is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Honston reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Honston is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 100 percent live. Apart from The United States Honston exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.

Honston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Honston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Honston surname fell 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Honston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Honston last name is principally Presbyterian (62%) in Ireland.

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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
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  • 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 Honston
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