Jonnston Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Jonnston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jonnston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England11:55,718,059489,080
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Jonnston Last Name Facts

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

Jonnston is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jonnston.

How Common Is The Last Name Jonnston? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Jonnston are found; 78 percent are found in North America and 78 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Jonnston is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: South Carolina, where 29 percent live, Texas, where 29 percent live and Florida, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Jonnston occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent live and Vanuatu, where 11 percent live.

Jonnston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Jonnston has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jonnston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Jonnston last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.

Jonnston earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.54% less than the national average, earning $26,518 USD 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 Jonnston
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