Airth Surname
Approximately 717 people bear this surname
Airth Surname Definition:
A not very common surname derived from the barony of Airth near Larbert, Stirlingshire. About the year 1200 William de Arthe witnessed a grant to the Abbey of Cambuskemielh (Cambus., 81). Richard Derth (i.e. d'Erth) is mentioned as falconer to the king of Scotland in 1212 (Bain, I, 532), and Bain notes in his preface that Airth was a famed breeding place of falcons.
Read More About This SurnameAirth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 229 | 1:1,582,790 | 106,555 |
| Canada | 177 | 1:208,167 | 20,218 |
| Scotland | 126 | 1:42,491 | 3,911 |
| England | 125 | 1:445,744 | 29,621 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 164 | 1:22,824 | 2,152 |
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Airth Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A not very common surname derived from the barony of Airth near Larbert, Stirlingshire. About the year 1200 William de Arthe witnessed a grant to the Abbey of Cambuskemielh (Cambus., 81). Richard Derth (i.e. d'Erth) is mentioned as falconer to the king of Scotland in 1212 (Bain, I, 532), and Bain notes in his preface that Airth was a famed breeding place of falcons. Willelmus de Herth witnesses a charter by Maldouen, third earl of Lennox, c. 1248 (Levenax, 11). Elena, spouse of Bernard de Erth, laid claim to certain lands in the sheriffdom of Dumbarton in 1271 (RMP., p. 191). Hugh de Erthe, bailiff to Sir John Cumyn in 1291, is probably the Hugh de Erthe, knight, who was taken prisoner in Dunbar Castle in 1296 (Bain, II, 532 and p. 178). Marie, widow of Huwe de Erthe of the county of Stirling, and Richard de Erthe, king's tenant in the county of Edneburk, both rendered homage in 1296 (ibid., II, p. 201,214). According to Nisbet's Heraldry the family of this Richard de Erthe ended in heirs female. Between 1296 and 1300 William of Erth appears as a charter witness (Laing, 18), and in 1331 Thomas de Arth had a dispute with the earl of Mar (APS., I, p. 512). John de Erth witnessed a charter by Robert Steward of Scotland, temp. David II (ibid., I, p. 561), W. de Erthe is witness to a confirmation charter of David II 1364 (RMS., I, 187) and Fergus de Erth appears in 1369 (RMS., I, 336). Sir William de Erthe was one of the hostages for King James I in 1423—4 and again in 1426 (Bain, IV, 942, 1003), His family ended in three daughters: the eldest Agnes, prior to 1414, married (1) Edward de Brus, second son of Sir Robert Brus of Clackmannan, and (2) an Elphinstone. Remission was granted to a man for the slaughter of John Erth in 1497 (RSS., I, 114), George Arthe of Smetoune and his sons were assaulted in 1537 (Trials, I, p. 201), and in 1548 mention is made of cottage lands in Coldingham occupied by David Arth (Home, 195). A grant by the late queen to David Arthe, burgess of Cupar, also mentions the lands of George Arthe in 1580 (ER., XXI, p. 100), and in 1601 David Airthe was a member of the town council of Stirling (SBR., p. 283). John Airth is recorded in the Mains of Kincardine in 1617 (Dunblane), George Airthe was provost of Cupar in 1628 (RPC., 2. ser. II, p. 178), and as Airthe the surname appears in Tyninghame in the seventeenth century. A pension was paid to Margaret Airth in Edinburgh, 1736 (Guildry, p. 157).
A barony in Stirlingshire.
Local: from the village of Airth in Stirlingshire. The family are descended from Sir William de Airth, temp. Robert Bruce.
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Airth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Airth Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Airth occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Airth? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 468,873rd most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 10,163,941 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Airth live; 47 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America.
It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 229 people, or 1 in 1,582,790. In The United States it is most frequent in: Florida, where 14 percent are found, New York, where 10 percent are found and Illinois, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent are found and Scotland, where 18 percent are found.
Airth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Airth has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Airth last name increased 4,580 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 23 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 658 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Airth Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Airth last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Airth surname are 23.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.31% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Airth earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 365.7% more than the national average, earning R 1,106,680 per year; in United States they earn 11.94% more than the national average, earning $48,303 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.03% more than the national average, earning $51,684 CAD per year.
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