Alston is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Alston
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Alston

How popular is Alston?

Alston is common in United States.

Alston is ranked 14700 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Alston bearers increased by 9.270533 per cent in 2010 US census to 30693 since 2000, the surname slipped by 8 spots and ranked at 1148. The last name was found in around 104 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 79.83 81.41
White 13.76 14.54
Others 3.28 1.99
Hispanic or Latino 2.51 1.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.37
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.22 0.24
Alston is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 35835 people have been found who wears Alston as their family name. Alston is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
6,367 Japan9
5,318 China8
5,565 Costa Rica8
13,220 Thailand6
615,517 Russia6
2,084 Afghanistan5
108,034 Italy3
457 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3
2,720 South Korea3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
30,723 Georgia3
177 Norfolk Island3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
19,452 Malaysia3
3,340 Jamaica3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
4,881 Oman3
54,135 Philippines2
1,389 Barbados2
3,437 Sudan2
40,064 Nigeria2
40,256 Mexico2
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
26,532 Chile2
2,578 Guam1
58,885 Poland1
1,818 Guernsey1
21,562 Portugal1
1,254 Gibraltar1
17,236 Ghana1
2,374 Bermuda1
25,721 Egypt1
24,771 Colombia1
613 Central African Republic1
16,640 Hong Kong1
1,970 Grenada1
49,529 Israel1
165,773 Belarus1
5,916 Mozambique1
28,365 Kenya1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,005 The Gambia1
4,435 Togo1
53,505 Turkey1
492,292 Ukraine1
16,073 Latvia1
7,292 Vietnam1
120,357 Argentina1
7,314 Bolivia1
13,606 Senegal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,175 Singapore41
36,547 Switzerland27
65,136 Spain25
11,387 Ireland22
886 United States Virgin Islands18
3,733 Nicaragua13
270 Turks and Caicos Islands12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,457 New Zealand97
117,149 France73
5,314 Kuwait70
104,075 Brazil64
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
Countries with hundreds of Alston:
4,503 Australia667
8,847 Canada457
2,095 Scotland341
34,330 Germany303
3,358 Wales113
Countries with thousands of Alston:
3,455 England2,216
6,137 South Africa1,059
Countries with ten thousands of Alston:
1,287 United States30,029
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old workman John Alston who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 20, 1850 by Annondale put out from Liverpool. William Alston, aged 32, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

J
Jackie Lemaster
The origin of the name is germaine the Surname comes from the agglutination of the Anglo-Saxon personal name al and means stone rock and by extension the castle al - short for alfred - the name specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Alston Namesakes

  • Robert Alston, from 2016 documentary movie Incomplete Cell, who played Robert Alston.
  • Brandon Alston characterized central character of Dylan in 2015 action, drama film Marks.

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