Whitestone Surname

633,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Whitestone Surname Definition:

John Albo Petro de Ferne, charter witness in Angus, 1267 (REB., I, p. 7). Of local origin. There is Whiteston in Perthshire, and a Whitestone near Skene, Aberdeenshire.

Whitestone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3391:1,069,20077,954
England1031:540,95233,556
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
France21:33,211,361423,184
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Whitestone Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

John Albo Petro de Ferne, charter witness in Angus, 1267 (REB., I, p. 7). Of local origin. There is Whiteston in Perthshire, and a Whitestone near Skene, Aberdeenshire.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Whitestone Last Name Facts

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

Whitestone is most common in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitestone? popularity and diffusion

The surname Whitestone is the 633,196th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,119,390 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Whitestone live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 1,069,200. In The United States Whitestone is primarily found in: New York, where 14 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in England, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Whitestone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Whitestone has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 3,390 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 429 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitestone Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Whitestone surname is principally Anglican (79%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Whitestone last name are 4.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.91% registered with the party.

The amount Whitestone earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 19.26% more than the national average, earning $51,461 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.27% more than the national average, earning $50,813 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whiteston952/
Whetestone901/
Wheteston840/
Weteston780/
Withiestoon761/
Weathestone761/
Wetheston740/
Whitestanich731/
Bethistoni601/
Vitestam5618/
Vitistan561/

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