Johstone Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Johstone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Johstone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England61:9,286,343223,652
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Johstone (11) may also be a first name.

Johstone Last Name Facts

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

The last name Johstone occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Johstone? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. Johstone occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Johstone live; 52 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name internationally, held by 11 people.

The last name Johstone is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 29 percent live, Texas, where 29 percent live and Colorado, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent live and Scotland, where 26 percent live.

Johstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Johstone has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 350 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jostone935/
Joystone881/
Jostoner881/
Josthone881/
Joshtone881/
Jastone80264/
Jaxstone752/
Jostanie751/
Heastone751/
Josttane750/
Jostani6768/
Yastone6717/
Jastoni6712/
Eastone676/
Jastene672/
Iastone671/
Iostene671/
Josteni671/
Jaxtone671/
Yostanes6330/
Jyostana632/
Ajostana631/
Josthana631/
Ehastane631/
Jastaneh631/
Jyosthana591/
Jastani5370/
Yastoni5316/
Jasteni5314/
Yostana532/
Jastanis501/
Jastanih501/
Yosthana501/
Easthane500/

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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 Johstone
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