Pistol Surname
Approximately 3,175 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1,773 | 1:11,324 | 1,471 |
| France | 362 | 1:183,488 | 28,549 |
| Moldova | 300 | 1:11,871 | 2,044 |
| Russia | 134 | 1:1,075,545 | 81,217 |
| Germany | 119 | 1:676,516 | 52,308 |
| South Africa | 75 | 1:722,369 | 51,132 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Spain | 51 | 1:916,707 | 35,562 |
| Sweden | 50 | 1:196,935 | 13,646 |
| Argentina | 39 | 1:1,095,985 | 66,746 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Italy | 25 | 1:2,446,268 | 94,040 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Saint Lucia | 14 | 1:12,770 | 1,181 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:749,533 | 47,599 |
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.
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."
Pistol Demographics
Pistol Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pištol | 94 | 28 | / |
| Pistole | 92 | 955 | / |
| Pistoll | 92 | 50 | / |
| Pistool | 92 | 48 | / |
| Pistohl | 92 | 42 | / |
| Pitol | 91 | 1,539 | / |
| Phistole | 86 | 0 | / |
| Pittol | 83 | 631 | / |
| Paitol | 83 | 246 | / |
| Pystol | 83 | 40 | / |
| Pitole | 83 | 31 | / |
| Pustol | 83 | 20 | / |
| Pitoll | 83 | 15 | / |
| Pithol | 83 | 6 | / |
| Pestol | 83 | 3 | / |
| Pistal | 83 | 3 | / |
| Pihtol | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pistolova | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pithole | 77 | 528 | / |
| Paitool | 77 | 13 | / |
| Pestolt | 77 | 9 | / |
| Pesttol | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ppittol | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pisztal | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pittole | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pittoll | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pitolle | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pesthol | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pistale | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pfistal | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pestole | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pishtolova | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pital | 73 | 2,252 | / |
| Petol | 73 | 77 | / |
| Pytol | 73 | 1 | / |
| Piesztal | 71 | 20 | / |
| Phaitool | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pichtold | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puestohl | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peshtold | 71 | 0 | / |
| Paital | 67 | 8,419 | / |
| Pitale | 67 | 4,774 | / |
| Pittal | 67 | 620 | / |
| Pustal | 67 | 134 | / |
| Petole | 67 | 85 | / |
| Pestal | 67 | 76 | / |
| Pietal | 67 | 60 | / |
| Pitaal | 67 | 60 | / |
| Pithal | 67 | 57 | / |
| Pištolová | 67 | 37 | / |
| Pustoł | 67 | 33 | / |
| Pestolova | 67 | 25 | / |
| Phital | 67 | 21 | / |
| Pištolova | 67 | 15 | / |
| Puital | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pitall | 67 | 3 | / |
| Petold | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pethol | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pistalova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pittolová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pétole | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peital | 67 | 1 | / |
Pistol Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pistol in the Marathi language | ||
| तोल | tola | - |
| Pistol in the Hindi language | ||
| पिस्तोल | pistola | 97.18 |
| पिसतोल | pisatola | 1.41 |
| पिस्तॊल | pistola | 1.41 |
| Pistol in the Russian language | ||
| Пистол | pistol | - |
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