How common is the surname Johnstone?

7,313 people in the United States had the surname Johnstone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,219 Americans. It ranked 4,825th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Johnstone getting more or less common?

More common. 7,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,313 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Johnstone

A surname, carried by 7,313 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Johnstone is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,313 people named Johnstone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,219 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,227.

#4,825

rank among US surnames

7,313

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,520)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,816	Germain	7,332	42,109
#4,817	Thornhill	7,327	42,138
#4,818	Pippin	7,326	42,144
#4,819	Bristow	7,323	42,161
#4,820	Zamarripa	7,322	42,167
#4,822	Mulder	7,317	42,196
#4,823	Garris	7,316	42,201

Who is named Johnstone

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Johnstone identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Johnstone

Johnston

Johnstone has the Soundex code J523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J523.

Questions

How common is the surname Johnstone?: 7,313 people in the United States had the surname Johnstone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,219 Americans. It ranked 4,825th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Johnstone?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Johnstone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Johnstone getting more or less common?: More common. 7,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,313 in 2010, up 1.2%.