The EAST surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	12,357	2684	0.005	46
United States (1880 census)	2,842	2154	0.006	57
Change since 1880	+9515	-530	-0.001	-11
Other Countries
Australia	1,285	1282	0.008	79
United Kingdom	5,611	1111	0.012	122

Top States for EAST by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Texas	1,096	2158	0.005	53
Virginia	840	1072	0.012	119
California	775	3824	0.002	23
North Carolina	768	1563	0.010	95
Alabama	742	997	0.017	167
Top States for EAST by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	742	997	0.017	167
Virginia	840	1072	0.012	119
Louisiana	523	1204	0.012	117
Indiana	583	1240	0.010	96
North Carolina	768	1563	0.010	95

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

Classification and Origin of EAST

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 EAST 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 EAST 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 EAST in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	187	1.51
White (Hispanic)	164	1.33
Native American/Alaskan	77	0.62
Asian/Pacific	40	0.32
White (Caucasian)	10,544	85.33
Black/African American	1,346	10.89

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

Similar names to EAST

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as EAST.

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.