Phurston Surname

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

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Phurston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phurston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Phurston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phurston occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Phurston? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Phurston live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Phurston is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States Phurston is primarily found in: California, where 29 percent reside, Washington, where 29 percent reside and Arizona, where 14 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Phurston Last Name Statistics demography

Phurston earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.43% more than the national average, earning $58,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Purston932/
Furston8014/
Fourston7527/
Pierston752/
Pursthom751/
Pourrstom711/
Forston67550/
Virston672/
Firston670/
Fierston6318/
Purshtam631/
Foerston631/
Pourrstum5925/
Pourrstam593/
Forstun534/
Forstan531/

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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 Phurston
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