Houlston Surname

398,272nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 884 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Monaco

Houlston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Houlston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6571:84,8079,308
Wales621:49,9124,670
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Panama411:95,4213,699
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
China21:683,660,78330,601
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2831:86,1329,055
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Houlston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Houlston is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Houlston? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 398,272nd most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,243,830 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Houlston reside; 82 percent reside in Northern Europe and 82 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 657 people, or 1 in 84,807. In England Houlston is most common in: West Midlands, where 14 percent are found, Shropshire, where 12 percent are found and North Yorkshire, where 7 percent are found. Barring England this surname exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Houlston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Houlston has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Houlston surname expanded 232 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 6,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 840 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Houlston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Houlston surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Houlston earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 120.89% more than the national average, earning R 524,916 per year; in United States they earn 24.32% less than the national average, earning $32,656 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.18% more than the national average, earning $52,256 CAD per year.

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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 Houlston
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