Pistol Surname

140,563rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Pistol Surname Definition:

PISTOL: "A swaggering fellow. Perhaps from pistolfo, explained by Florio, ' a roguing begger, a cantler, an upright man that liveth by cosenage.' Hence Shakspeare's character of that name." Halliwell.

Pistol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1,7731:11,3241,471
France3621:183,48828,549
Moldova3001:11,8712,044
Russia1341:1,075,54581,217
Germany1191:676,51652,308
South Africa751:722,36951,132
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Spain511:916,70735,562
Sweden501:196,93513,646
Argentina391:1,095,98566,746
England321:1,741,18971,393
Italy251:2,446,26894,040
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
India181:42,614,743461,117
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Saint Lucia141:12,7701,181
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699
Finland81:687,08836,047
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Transnistria71:67,8149,165
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
China31:455,773,85521,925
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

The alternate forms: Pištol (28) are calculated separately.

Pistol (341) may also be a first name.

Pistol Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

PISTOL: "A swaggering fellow. Perhaps from pistolfo, explained by Florio, ' a roguing begger, a cantler, an upright man that liveth by cosenage.' Hence Shakspeare's character of that name." Halliwell.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

PISTOL: Halliwell renders the word pistol "a swaggering fellow, perhaps from pistólfo, explained by Florio, 'a roguing begger, a cantler, an upright man that liveth by cosenage. ' Hence Shakespeare's character of that name." Pistol may be the same as the ancient name Falstolfe, Fastolf, Fastolfe (whence Falstaff), Alt. D. Fastuff; from Old German fast-ulf strong in help; or the last part of the name may be from Old German alp, alf, elf which Meidinger renders stark, kräftig. compare the Alt. D. names Fastrich, Fastwin, and the Old German name Vastman, which Wachter renders valde Celebris. In Luther, Psal. lxxxix. 8, we find "Gott is fast mœchtig."

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Pistol Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pistol (Hindi: पिस्तोल, Marathi: तोल, Russian: Пистол) is found most in Romania. It may occur as: Pištol. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pistol? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pistol is the 140,563rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,295,290 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Pistol live; 69 percent live in Eastern Europe and 65 percent live in Romanian Europe. Pistol is also the 472,872nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 341 people.

The last name Pistol is most frequently held in Romania, where it is borne by 1,773 people, or 1 in 11,324. In Romania Pistol is most frequent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 24 percent reside, Vâlcea County, where 12 percent reside and Ilfov County, where 11 percent reside. Barring Romania it occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in France, where 11 percent reside and Moldova, where 9 percent reside.

Pistol Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pistol has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 106 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pistol Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

The amount Pistol earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.38% less than the national average, earning R 144,060 per year and in United States they earn 57.74% more than the national average, earning $68,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pištol9428/
Pistole92955/
Pistoll9250/
Pistool9248/
Pistohl9242/
Pitol911,539/
Phistole860/
Pittol83631/
Paitol83246/
Pystol8340/
Pitole8331/
Pustol8320/
Pitoll8315/
Pithol836/
Pestol833/
Pistal833/
Pihtol831/
Pistolova804/
Pithole77528/
Paitool7713/
Pestolt779/
Pesttol775/
Ppittol771/
Pisztal771/
Pittole771/
Pittoll771/
Pitolle771/
Pesthol770/
Pistale770/
Pfistal770/
Pestole770/
Pishtolova752/
Pital732,252/
Petol7377/
Pytol731/
Piesztal7120/
Phaitool713/
Pichtold711/
Puestohl711/
Peshtold710/
Paital678,419/
Pitale674,774/
Pittal67620/
Pustal67134/
Petole6785/
Pestal6776/
Pietal6760/
Pitaal6760/
Pithal6757/
Pištolová6737/
Pustoł6733/
Pestolova6725/
Phital6721/
Pištolova6715/
Puital674/
Pitall673/
Petold672/
Pethol672/
Pistalova671/
Pittolová671/
Pétole671/
Peital671/

Pistol Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pistol in the Marathi language
तोलtola-
Pistol in the Hindi language
पिस्तोलpistola97.18
पिसतोलpisatola1.41
पिस्तॊलpistola1.41
Pistol in the Russian language
Пистолpistol-

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