Kingston Surname

18,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Kingston Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. ')'of Kingston,' parishes in Cambridgeshire, Devon, Somerset (a), Southampton, Sussex (a), Berkshire, Wiltshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, &c.; (a) 'of Kingstone,' parishes in Kent, Staffordshire, and Herefordshire.

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Kingston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,3761:38,6584,759
England5,9581:9,3521,368
Australia4,4341:6,088888
Canada2,3981:15,3652,255
Ireland1,8741:2,513473
Ghana8311:32,5163,831
New Zealand6541:6,9241,176
Malawi3661:46,7746,615
Guyana3651:2,088372
Wales3171:9,7621,079
India3111:2,466,44879,091
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Nigeria2151:823,92036,501
South Africa2091:259,22326,097
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Northern Ireland1271:14,5282,004
Liberia1191:37,0473,427
Papua New Guinea1071:76,2039,993
Scotland881:60,8394,966
Russia821:1,757,598114,376
Mexico611:2,034,85618,943
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Thailand541:1,308,118185,513
Belize531:6,7071,050
France531:1,253,259128,888
Germany521:1,548,18292,602
Brazil491:4,368,864116,514
Trinidad and Tobago391:34,9743,476
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Panama251:156,4905,002
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Denmark241:235,19618,480
Grenada231:4,719595
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Venezuela171:1,776,71022,419
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
China131:105,178,5825,529
United States Virgin Islands131:8,4901,249
Belarus121:791,75562,255
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Israel111:777,96750,646
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Norway71:734,61250,907
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Solomon Islands31:193,34319,495
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Northern Cyprus21:159,5069,062
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Palau11:21,643223
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,1851:3,738667
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7141:8,9811,347
Wales671:23,4091,353
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4471:34,7054,137

Kingston (6,036) may also be a first name.

Kingston Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. ')'of Kingston,' parishes in Cambridgeshire, Devon, Somerset (a), Southampton, Sussex (a), Berkshire, Wiltshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, &c.; (a) 'of Kingstone,' parishes in Kent, Staffordshire, and Herefordshire.

Peter de Kyngeston, London, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de Kingeston, Gloucestershire, ibid.

Cristina de Kyngeston, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Lenote de Kyngeston, Sussex, ibid.

William de Kyngeston, Wiltshire, ibid.

Amicia de Kyngeston, Oxfordshire, ibid.

John de Kyngeston, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1578-9. Edward Kingeston and Barbara Plellowe: Marriage Lic. (London).

1618. Edmund Kingstone, Gloucestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1788. Married — Thomas Kingston and Ann Johnson: St. George, Hanover Square.

1806. — John Robertson and Jane Kingstone: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

KINGSTOUN: John Kingstoun, minister at Sandwik, 1574 (RMR.). Probably from one of the twenty-four or more places of the name in England.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) Bel to Kingston = the King’s Demesne; Royal Residence [Old English cyninges-tún, cinges-tún] Kingston-on-Thames, where several Anglo-Saxon monarchs were crowned, variously appears in Anglo-Saxon charters and in the Chronicle as Cyninges-tún, Cinges-tún, and (later forms) Cincges-tún, Kynges-tún.

There has been some confusion with the next name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An English family established in Co. Cork.

Occasionally it is the anglicized form of the rare Mac Clochaire (MacCloughry). MIF 266

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who came from Kingston (the king's manor), the name of many places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Twenty-four towns, parishes, &c., of this name are given in the English Gazetteer.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. The name of several towns in England—the king's town.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Kingston is an ancient and often a distinguished name in this county.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Kingston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kingston (Hindi: किगंस्टन, Russian: Кингстон) occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kingston? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 18,901st most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 250,096 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Kingston reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 85,344th most widespread forename globally It is held by 6,036 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 9,376 people, or 1 in 38,658. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 12 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Texas, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname exists in 113 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 15 percent are found.

Kingston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kingston has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 648 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 220 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 158 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 473 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 733 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kingston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Anglican (44%) in Ireland and Orthodox (67%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Kingston surname are 7.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kingston earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.67% more than the national average, earning R 291,504 per year; in United States they earn 6.52% more than the national average, earning $45,961 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.55% more than the national average, earning $51,943 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kingstone941,345/
Kingstton944/
Kingsthon940/
Kngston931/
Kinkston8822/
Kingstan887/
Kingzton882/
Kingstun880/
Kingstam7524/
Kynkston755/

Kingston Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kingston in the Hindi language
किगंस्टनkiganstana-
Kingston in the Russian language
Кингстонkingston-

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