Peckston Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Peckston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Peckston Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:1,921,31276,208
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Peckston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peckston is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Peckston? popularity and diffusion

Peckston is the 2,605,694th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Peckston reside; 53 percent reside in Northern Europe and 53 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 1,921,312. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Essex, where 66 percent reside, West Yorkshire, where 21 percent reside and Worcestershire, where 7 percent reside. Apart from England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 40 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

Peckston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Peckston has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Peckston surname rose 138 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pickston88222/
Packston887/
Piekston881/
Pickstone82498/
Phackston821/
Pheakston821/
Pikston802/
Pexton71713/
Paxston6747/
Pakxton671/
Pexthong635/
Pakstaan631/
Paxton5724,131/
Pixton57865/
Poxton57326/
Pextun571/
Phaxton5318/
Pahaxton501/
Poisxtan501/
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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 Peckston
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