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Houston

in South Carolina

There are 770 people with the last name "Houston" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Houston 694
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  1. is 690th most common Trotter
  2. is 691st most common Ball
  3. is 692nd most common Browning
  4. is 693rd most common Cooley
  5. is 694th most common Houston
  6. is 695th most common Truesdale
  7. is 696th most common Doyle
  8. is 697th most common Mixon
  9. is 698th most common Windham

Most Common First Names for Houston

Robert, James, Mary, William, Charles, Patricia, Jerry, Ronald, Thomas, David

Meaning & History

Northern Irish:

  • 1. habitational name from a place near Glasgow, Scotland, named with the genitive case of the medieval personal name Hugh + Middle English tune, toun ‘settlement’, ‘village’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’). The landlord in question is a certain Hugo de Paduinan, who held the place c.1160. The Scottish surname is common in Ulster.
  • 2. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Uisdein, Mac Uistein (see McCutcheon).

    • FOREBEARS In 1836 the newly founded city of Houston, TX, was named in honor of Sam Houston (1793–1836), soldier and statesman. His ancestors were Ulster Scots who had emigrated to Philadelphia earlier in the 18th century. As commander in chief of the Texan army he achieved Texan independence from Mexico by routing the army of the Mexican general Santa Ana.

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