Livinstone Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Livinstone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Livinstone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria541:3,280,42199,135
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
England31:18,572,686338,250
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Livinstone (238) may also be a first name.

Livinstone Last Name Facts

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

The last name Livinstone has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Livinstone.

How Common Is The Last Name Livinstone? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,710,039th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Livinstone live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 580,229th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 238 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria Livinstone is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 52 percent live, Rivers, where 24 percent live and Adamawa, where 22 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Livinstone occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Livinstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Livinstone has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Livinstone surname expanded 350 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 17 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it contracted 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Livinstone Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Livinstone surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Livinstone earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.47% less than the national average, earning $27,844 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 Livinstone
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