Jonhston Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Jonhston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jonhston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England31:18,572,686338,250
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Jonhston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jonhston is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jonhston? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,203,767th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Jonhston live; 47 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Jonhston is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 12,944,962. In The United States Jonhston is mostly concentrated in: Washington, where 18 percent live, Mississippi, where 14 percent live and California, where 11 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 18 percent live.

Jonhston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Jonhston has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 280 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jonhston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Jonhston last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Jonhston earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 26.33% less than the national average, earning $31,787 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.58% less than the national average, earning $39,953 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
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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 Jonhston
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