Walston Surname

65,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,658 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Walston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,5491:48,0145,814
England561:994,96549,531
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Jamaica81:358,7438,527
India61:127,844,230863,365
Norway61:857,04855,549
Wales41:773,63329,106
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England491:497,45727,315
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1511:43,6305,066

Walston (140) may also be a first name.

Walston Last Name Facts

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

Walston is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walston? popularity and diffusion

It is the 65,210th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 951,625 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Walston live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 781,395th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 140 people.

The surname Walston is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 7,549 people, or 1 in 48,014. In The United States it is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 16 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and Maryland, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Walston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Walston has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Walston surname expanded 656 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 114 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Walston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Walston last name are 6.22% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.99% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Walston earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.68% less than the national average, earning $39,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.04% less than the national average, earning $35,750 CAD per year.

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Walston Reference & Research

Walston DNA Project FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Walston DNA Project FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Walston
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