Priston Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Priston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Priston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England911:612,28636,401
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Italy301:2,038,55689,453
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
France141:4,744,480251,814
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
India51:153,413,076951,030
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:881,03053,642

Priston (757) may also be a first name.

Priston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Priston (Russian: Пристон) occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Priston? popularity and diffusion

Priston is the 956,400th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname Priston is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Priston live; 33 percent live in Northern Europe and 33 percent live in British Isles. Priston is also the 298,585th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 757 people.

The surname Priston is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 612,286. In England Priston is most numerous in: Kent, where 16 percent are found, Greater London, where 14 percent are found and Hampshire, where 13 percent are found. Besides England Priston occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and Italy, where 11 percent are found.

Priston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Priston has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Priston surname expanded 202 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 79 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Priston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland.

The amount Priston earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 22.69% more than the national average, earning $52,938 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.58% more than the national average, earning $69,844 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Priston Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Priston in the Russian language
Пристонpriston-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Priston
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis