A'Court Surname

528,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

A'Court Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the court,' an enclosed space, a large mansion, a tribunal. OF. cort, curl.

John de la Curte, Essex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Adam Curlrnan, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Autiustin de la Curt, Guernsey, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.

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A'Court Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3121:178,58416,169
New Zealand1701:26,6374,667
Australia811:333,28028,364
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Wales131:238,04114,239
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:286,76919,769
Jersey41:12,9712,116
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

A'Court Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the court,' an enclosed space, a large mansion, a tribunal. OF. cort, curl.

John de la Curte, Essex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Adam Curlrnan, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Autiustin de la Curt, Guernsey, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Mathew de la Curt, Guernsey, ibid.

John atte Court, Close Rolls, 18 Rio. II.

1653. Married — William Court and Mary Court: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1678. Baptised — Ane, d. Thomas Court: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1701. Married — Thomas Courtman and Sara Lloyd: St. Dionis Backchurch.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From residence at a court or manor-house. At-Court, A'Court, Court. A branch of the great Sussex family of Covert corrupted their name to Couert and Court. Inf. W. D. Cooper, Esq., F.S.A.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A place inclosed, protected, cut off; that which excludes access. Saxon, curt; Arm., court; French, cour; Gaelic, cuairt, a circle; Welsh, cor and cwr, a circle.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Covert or Couert, Normandy, was held by the service of 1 fee of the barony of Braiose. The Coverts held lands in Sussex from Braiose from the Conquest. In 1107 William de Cuvert witnessed the foundation charter of Barnstaple (Mon. Angl. i. 684). In 1165 William Hubert (Cuvert) held a fee of ancient enfeoffment from William de Courcy, Somerset (Liber Niger). About 1480, John Couert or Covert was of Stoke-Courcy (Harl. MS. 1385). Third in descent was Edward Couert, living 1583, whose son William Court of Frome was ancestor of Lord Heytesbury (Hoare, Wilts., H. Heytesbury, 120,129).

The Norman People (1874)

(English) anciently att Court, At Court.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A'Court Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name A'Court Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname A'Court is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name A'Court? popularity and diffusion

It is the 528,890th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name A'Court is primarily found in Europe, where 56 percent of A'Court are found; 56 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 312 people, or 1 in 178,584. In England A'Court is mostly found in: Greater London, where 17 percent are found, Hampshire, where 13 percent are found and Dorset, where 12 percent are found. Beside England it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.

A'Court Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of A'Court has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the A'Court last name expanded 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.

A'Court Last Name Statistics demography

A'Court earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 23.41% more than the national average, earning $61,312 CAD per year.

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