Walliston Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Walliston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walliston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
Panama51:782,45211,059
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Walliston (135) may also be a first name.

Walliston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Walliston is found most in Jamaica. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walliston? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Walliston are found; 56 percent are found in Caribbean and 56 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean. Walliston is also the 797,647th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 135 people.

Walliston is most common in Jamaica, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 318,883. In Jamaica it is primarily found in: Middlesex County, where 100 percent reside. Barring Jamaica this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Panama, where 31 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Walliston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Walliston has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
  • 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 Walliston
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