The JOHNSTONE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	7,227	4520	0.003	27
United States (1880 census)	804	6511	0.002	16
Change since 1880	+6423	+1991	+0.001	+11
Other Countries
Australia	5,146	272	0.031	315
United Kingdom	15,442	375	0.034	336

Top States for JOHNSTONE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	1,012	3012	0.003	30
Florida	395	4961	0.002	25
Washington	361	1982	0.006	61
Texas	355	5545	0.002	17
New York	353	5389	0.002	19
Top States for JOHNSTONE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alaska	62	1241	0.010	99
Montana	85	1293	0.009	94
Wyoming	35	1726	0.007	71
New Hampshire	86	2185	0.007	70
Maine	84	2504	0.007	66

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

Classification and Origin of JOHNSTONE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JOHNSTONE 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 JOHNSTONE 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 JOHNSTONE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	204	2.82
White (Hispanic)	137	1.9
Mixed Race	103	1.43
Asian/Pacific	46	0.64
Native American/Alaskan	37	0.51
White (Caucasian)	6,700	92.71

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

Similar names to JOHNSTONE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JOHNSTONE.

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.