Last Name WHISTON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Whistonm parishes, hamlets in counties Lancaster, Stafford, Yorkshire, Worcester, and Northampton. Another option is 'the son of Wistan,' and early form of Wulstan.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 49,366 (2000 US census) 44,898 (1990 US census)
Count 400 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97%, or 388 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 2%, or 8 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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