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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Whitestone? popularity and diffusion

It is the 633,196th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 15,119,390 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Whitestone reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Whitestone is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 1,069,200. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 14 percent live, Massachusetts, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Whitestone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whitestone has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whitestone surname rose 3,390 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 429 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitestone Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Whitestone last name is chiefly 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 national average, with 50.91% registered to vote for 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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