Houston Surname
Approximately 98,680 people bear this surname
Houston Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Houston.' Mr. Lower writes, 'The ancient knightly family so called originally bore the name of Paduinan from a place in Lanarkshire, In the 12th cent. Hugh de P. acquired the lands of Kilpeter, and built a residence there, to which he gave the name of Hugh's Town, now Houston, Renfrewshire His descendants of that ilk borrowed their surname from it' (Patronymica Britannica).
Read More About This SurnameHouston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 74,040 | 1:4,895 | 541 |
| England | 5,025 | 1:11,088 | 1,637 |
| Scotland | 4,477 | 1:1,196 | 198 |
| Canada | 4,383 | 1:8,406 | 1,246 |
| Australia | 3,710 | 1:7,276 | 1,072 |
| Northern Ireland | 2,442 | 1:756 | 127 |
| South Africa | 1,209 | 1:44,812 | 5,729 |
| New Zealand | 980 | 1:4,621 | 735 |
| Ireland | 420 | 1:11,212 | 1,418 |
| Wales | 232 | 1:13,338 | 1,475 |
| Jamaica | 190 | 1:15,105 | 1,449 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| France | 132 | 1:503,202 | 70,199 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Guyana | 118 | 1:6,460 | 1,095 |
| Thailand | 85 | 1:831,039 | 133,417 |
| Germany | 77 | 1:1,045,525 | 70,954 |
| Mexico | 52 | 1:2,387,042 | 20,469 |
| Grenada | 46 | 1:2,359 | 388 |
| Spain | 43 | 1:1,087,257 | 39,071 |
| Philippines | 40 | 1:2,530,956 | 131,537 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| Liberia | 36 | 1:122,459 | 9,313 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Chile | 32 | 1:550,515 | 13,718 |
| Costa Rica | 31 | 1:154,196 | 2,192 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 31 | 1:43,999 | 4,008 |
| China | 22 | 1:62,150,980 | 3,380 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Nicaragua | 6 | 1:1,003,515 | 4,885 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2,011 | 1:2,203 | 418 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3,164 | 1:1,183 | 206 |
| England | 657 | 1:37,101 | 4,806 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:156,842 | 6,008 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,240 | 1:4,468 | 556 |
Houston (9,467) may also be a first name.
Houston Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Houston.' Mr. Lower writes, 'The ancient knightly family so called originally bore the name of Paduinan from a place in Lanarkshire, In the 12th cent. Hugh de P. acquired the lands of Kilpeter, and built a residence there, to which he gave the name of Hugh's Town, now Houston, Renfrewshire His descendants of that ilk borrowed their surname from it' (Patronymica Britannica). Like many another Scotch name, it is well represented in the United States.
1808. Married — Thomas Houston and Elizabeth Ladd: St. George, Hanover Square.
Of territorial origin from the old barony of the name in Lanarkshire. The ancient family of Houston originally bore the name of Paduinan, from a place of that name in Lanarkshire. In the reign of Malcolm IV Baldwin de Bigre gave the lands of Kilpeter to Hugh de Paduinan, who appears as a witness to the foundation charter of the Abbey of Paisley between 1165—73 (RMP., p. 6). Hugh's son, Reginald, obtained from Robert, son of Waldey, son of Baldwin de Bigre, a confirmation of these lands. Hugh son of Reginald again, obtained a charter from Walter Fitz-Alan, the High Steward, now become superior of the lands, wherein it is narrated that his father and grandfather held the lands of the family of Bigre (charters cited in OPS., I, p: 83). "The barony had now taken its Saxon name from the settlement of the first of these old lords-Huston or villa Hugonis" (loc. cit.). Finlay of Huwitston, witness to a Renfrew charter of late thirteenth century (ibid., I, p. 77) is probably the Fynlawe de Hustone, knight, of Lanarkshire, who rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 203). His seal bears a fess chequy, with three (indecipherable charges) in chief. S' Finialy de Hovstvn (Macdonald, 1350). John of Hoston was canon of Carnbuskynel, 1341 (Pap. Lett., II, p. 555), Johannes de Howistone was witness in Paisley, 1406 (RMS., I, 874), and Patrick de Huyston, canon of Glasgow, 1415 (REG., 325). Aian Hawystoune held a tenement in Glasgow, 1435 (LCD., p. 250), Alexander Howstoun was repledged to liberty of burgh of Irvine, 1460 (Irvine, I, p. 27), Sir James Howstone was vicar of Estwood in 1525 (REG., 469), and Mungow Hawstoun, burgess of Glasgow, 1527 (Pollok, I, p. 256). The tenement of Thomas Hawstoune in Glasgow is mentioned in 1550, and John Hawstoune sold a bam there in same year (Protocols, I). (2) People of the name of Houston in the Canisbay district (there pronounced Hougstoun) are descended from Rev. Andrew Ogstoun (see Ogston), minister of Canisbay, Caithness (1601—1650), and the Houstons of Ross-shire are believed to be descended from Rev. Thomas Houston of Inverness, who died in 1605 (Sc. Ant., VI p. 94—96). Hawistoune and Hawistoun 1505, Hostan 1517, Hostine 1731, Houstone 1527, Houstown and Houstowne 1672, Howstone 1660, Howstoun and Howstoune 1550, Howystoun 1425, Huison 1675, Huistone 1670, Huston 1671.
(Scot.) belonging to Houston (Scotland) = Hugh’s Town [v. Hugh; and + Old English tún, manor, estate, &c.] ‘This parish, anciently called Kilpeter, i.e. the Cell of Peter, was granted to Hugh of Paduinan during the reign of Malcolm IV.’— Nat. Gaz., sub nomine ‘Houston,’ Renfrew. This place-name was Latinized in mediæval records de Villa Hugonis.
A well known English name very numerous in Ulster. It is sometimes a synonym of MacQuiston, and in Donegal of MacTaghlin. MIF 14
(Scottish) One who came from Houston (Hugh’s town), in Scotland.
The ancient knightly family so called originally bore the name of Paduinan from a place in co. Lanark. In the XII. cent. Hugh de P. acquired the lands of Kilpeter, and built a residence there, to which he gave the name of Hugh's Town, now Houston, co. Renfrew. His descendants of that Ilk borrowed their surname from it.
Local: from the parish of Houston in Renfrewshire. In the reign of Malcolm IV, 1153, Hugh Padvinan obtained the barony of Kilpeter from Baldwin of Biggar, Sheriff of Lanark, hence called Hughstoun, corrupted to Houstoun.
Local. From the parish of Houston, in Renfrewshire, Scotland. There is an old tradition, that in the reign of Malcolm IV., A. D. 1153, Hugh Padvinan obtained a grant of the barony of Kilpeter, from Baldwin of Biggar, sheriff of Lanark, and hence called Hughstown, corrupted into Houstoun. These Houstons were of great consideration in Renfrewshire.
From the Flemish, Houstonn; a personal name.
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Houston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houston Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houston (Arabic: هوستن) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Houston click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houston? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,731st most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 73,850 people. Houston occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Houston are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 63,563rd most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 9,467 people.
This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 74,040 people, or 1 in 4,895. In The United States Houston is primarily found in: California, where 8 percent are found, Georgia, where 5 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 129 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent are found and Scotland, where 5 percent are found.
Houston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Houston has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Houston last name expanded 659 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 765 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 141 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 79 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 2,320 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Houston Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Presbyterian (54%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Evangelical (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Houston surname are 9.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.08% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Houston earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 122.14% more than the national average, earning 768,777 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 53.81% more than the national average, earning R 365,508 per year; in United States they earn 9% less than the national average, earning $39,267 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.97% more than the national average, earning $52,154 CAD per year.
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Houston Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Houston in the Arabic language | ||
| هوستن | hwstn | - |
| هيوستن | hywstn | - |
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