The KYNASTON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	199	86992	0	1
United States (1880 census)	23	69632	0	0
Change since 1880	+176	-17360	+N/A	+N/A
Other Countries
Australia	151	9819	0.001	9
United Kingdom	886	5804	0.002	19

Top States for KYNASTON by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Utah	59	3941	0.003	26
Idaho	32	5139	0.002	25
California	21	81069	0.000	1
Michigan	21	47129	0.000	2
Washington	18	31864	0.000	3
Top States for KYNASTON by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Utah	59	3941	0.003	26
Idaho	32	5139	0.002	25
Washington	18	31864	0.000	3
Arizona	15	28831	0.000	3
Michigan	21	47129	0.000	2

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KYNASTON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KYNASTON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KYNASTON in Utah than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KYNASTON by picking someone at random in Utah than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KYNASTON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KYNASTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the KYNASTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KYNASTON in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	195	97.99
Asian/Pacific	None reported	0
Black/African American	None reported	0
Mixed Race	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	None reported	0
White (Hispanic)	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KYNASTON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of KYNASTON in historical publications

KYNASTON. "The Kynastons," says Mr. Shirley, " are lineal descendants of the ancient British princes of Powys, sprung from Griffith, sou of Jorweth Goch, who took refuge in Shropshire " temp. Henry II., who gave him lands in that county, "to be held in capite by the sen-ice of being latimer (that is interpreter) between the English and the Welsh. He married Matilda, youngest sister and coheir of Ralph le Strange, and in her right became possessed of the manor of Kiuuerley and other estates in Shropshire. Madoc, the eldest son of Griffith, seated himself at Sutton, from him called to this day Sutton-Madoc. Griffith Vychan, the younger son, had Kinnerlej', a portion of his mother's inheritance, and in that manor he resided, at Tre-gynvarth, Anglice ' K}-nvarth's Town,' u.?ualiy written and spoken of as Kijnaston; and hence the name of this family." Noble and Gentle Men, p. 183.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to KYNASTON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KYNASTON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.