Laston Surname
Approximately 6,579 people bear this surname
Laston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4,941 | 1:3,465 | 456 |
| Tanzania | 1,340 | 1:39,509 | 4,528 |
| United States | 143 | 1:2,534,678 | 154,329 |
| Zimbabwe | 61 | 1:253,086 | 27,132 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Lastoń (1) are calculated separately.
Laston (23,126) may also be a first name.
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Laston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laston Come From? nationality or country of origin
Laston is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Lastoń. Click here for further possible spellings of Laston.
How Common Is The Last Name Laston? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 74,716th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,107,698 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Laston reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Laston is also the 33,891st most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 23,126 people.
This last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 4,941 people, or 1 in 3,465. Barring Malawi it exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Laston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Laston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Laston last name rose 1,589 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Laston Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Laston surname are 24.9% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 78.13% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Laston earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 65.75% less than the national average, earning R 81,396 per year and in United States they earn 19.03% less than the national average, earning $34,939 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
- 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 Laston
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