Piston Surname
Approximately 1,568 people bear this surname
Piston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 339 | 1:10,123 | 1,143 |
| Philippines | 248 | 1:408,219 | 51,950 |
| United States | 217 | 1:1,670,318 | 111,195 |
| France | 199 | 1:333,783 | 50,418 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Spain | 134 | 1:348,896 | 20,016 |
| Argentina | 113 | 1:378,260 | 29,259 |
| Germany | 67 | 1:1,201,574 | 78,034 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
The alternate forms: Pistón (6) are calculated separately.
Piston (701) may also be a first name.
Piston Demographics
Average Piston Salary in
United States
$43,414 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Piston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piston Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Piston (Hindi: पिस्तों) is held by more people in Uruguay than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Pistón. Click here for other possible spellings of Piston.
How Common Is The Last Name Piston? popularity and diffusion
It is the 252,393rd most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 4,647,670 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Piston reside; 31 percent reside in South America and 29 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America. Piston is also the 312,128th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 701 people.
The last name Piston is most frequent in Uruguay, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 10,123. In Uruguay Piston is most numerous in: San José Department, where 52 percent are found, Florida Department, where 18 percent are found and Montevideo Department, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Uruguay Piston is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.
Piston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Piston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Piston last name increased 638 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Piston Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Piston last name are 9.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.88% registered with the political party.
Piston earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.61% more than the national average, earning $43,414 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Piston Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Piston in the Hindi language | ||
| पिस्तों | pistom | - |
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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
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- 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 Piston
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