St John Surname

39,730th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

St John Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of St John.' Several parishes in Normandy bear this title. It is found in England soon after the Conquest.

William de St. John, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de St.

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St John Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,5661:47,9065,803
Canada1,4461:25,4813,433
England1,3351:41,7365,348
Australia8721:30,9584,117
Trinidad and Tobago4291:3,179535
Grenada1971:551111
Ireland1821:25,8732,425
New Zealand1731:26,1754,585
Barbados1681:1,711339
Wales1151:26,9092,781
Panama841:46,5742,313
Malta841:5,122348
Scotland771:69,5305,379
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
Argentina331:1,295,25574,988
Northern Ireland321:57,6574,597
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Guyana301:25,4072,928
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
Antigua and Barbuda231:4,312570
United States Virgin Islands211:5,256808
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Venezuela191:1,589,68820,788
Jamaica181:159,4425,298
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
France151:4,428,181244,602
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines131:8,666751
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Dominica81:9,486402
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
British Virgin Islands61:5,266561
India61:127,844,230863,365
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Anguilla41:3,359324
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
China21:683,660,78330,601
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2241:19,7762,343
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3231:75,4668,248
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,6751:10,7421,407

St John (297) may also be a first name.

St John Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of St John.' Several parishes in Normandy bear this title. It is found in England soon after the Conquest.

William de St. John, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de St. John, Hampshire, ibid.

Hugh de St. John, Hampshire, 20 Edward.

1530. Alexander Seynt John and Jane Leventhorpe: Marriage Lic. (London).

1785. Married — Philip Hingston and Ann Saint John: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

An Anglicized form of the common French eccles. place-name St. Jean-anciently St. Jehan [v. John]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from St. Jean, a common French place name.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

SAINT JOHN: Several parishes in Normandy bear the name of this saint. The family were in England very soon after, if not at, the Conquest, being descended, in the male line, from the great Domesday baron, Hugh de Port, William, son of Adam de Port, took the name of St. John in the XII. cent. on his marriage with the heiress of the powerful Norman family, so called. This surname is vilely corrupted in pronunciation to Singen. A boy, not aware of this, once read the opening lines of Pope's Essay on Man in manner following: —

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A baronial name. William de S. Joanne, Normandy 1180: Geoffry, John, Robert, William de S. Joanne, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). St. John was near Avranches (De Gerville, Anc. Chateaux). Roger and John de S. J. were in the service of Henry I., Normandy 1119 (Ord. Vit. 844). The former was of Hants, 1130, and was son of Roger de St. John (Rot. Pip.); and John was of Oxford, ancestor of the Barons de St. John. The history of this family appears in Dugdale, Banks, &c. The name was taken by the Barons de Port.

The Norman People (1874)

From the Flemish, Vansintjan; a personal name Three local names in Flanders are Saint Jean (lez-Ypres), Saint-Jean- Geest, Saint-Jean-in-Erems. Sent John in Roll of Battell Abbey.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

St john: from St. Jean-le-Thomas, near Avranches. The men of St. Johan are spoken of at Hastings by Wace. Not named in Domesday, but in the reign of William Rufus John de St. John was one of the twelve knights that invaded Glamorgan along with Robert FitzHamon. The name remains.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

St John Last Name Facts

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

St John is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name St John? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 39,730th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 551,669 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of St John reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America. St John is also the 511,663rd most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 297 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 7,566 people, or 1 in 47,906. In The United States St John is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent reside, New York, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States St John occurs in 72 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent reside and England, where 10 percent reside.

St John Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of St John has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the St John surname increased 162 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 413 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 19 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

St John Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States St John are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount St John earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 220.38% more than the national average, earning R 761,340 per year; in United States they earn 46.21% more than the national average, earning $63,090 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.26% more than the national average, earning $52,294 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
St Johnq931/
St Joihn931/
St Johnn930/
St Jon928/
St-John86112/
St Jhon865/
St Jahn861/
St Jonn861/
St Yohn861/
St Jean7111,139/
St Jane710/
St-Jean577,526/
St Gean573/

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