Anstee Surname

210,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,965 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Anstee Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Anastasia,' from the nick. Anstie and Anstice. 'Anstiss, Anstish, Anstyce, all occur frequently as female names in the older pages of a Devonshire parish, where Anstice is now a surname': Yonge.

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Anstee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9641:57,7996,954
Australia4561:59,2017,179
Wales1751:17,6831,917
Canada1591:231,73322,208
United States1441:2,517,076153,460
Singapore211:262,27211,611
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3101:78,6308,494
Wales541:29,0451,617
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Anstee Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Anastasia,' from the nick. Anstie and Anstice. 'Anstiss, Anstish, Anstyce, all occur frequently as female names in the older pages of a Devonshire parish, where Anstice is now a surname': Yonge.

Anstey Mankyswyll, 1520: Register of the University of Oxford.

Anstey Hicks, 1657: Reg. St. Columb Major, Cornwall.

Anstice. daughter of John Nanskevell, 1602: ibid.

Anstes Hawk, widow, buried, 1616: ibid.

Anstiss Symons: ibid.

Anstis Thomas: ibid.

Sampson Ansties, married, 1709: ibid.

John Anstis, 1717, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

John Ansteye, 1623: St. Mary Aldermary (London).

(a) Local, 'of Anstey 'or' Ansty.' Parishes in diocese of Peterborough, Sarum, St. Albans, Exeter, and Worcester. This will concern Anstey, Anstie, and Ansty only. Anstice, Anstis, and Anstiss are undoubtedly to be placed under (1).

Roger de Anesti, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard de Anesty, London, ibid.

Henry Ansty, vicar of Guestwick, Norfolk, 1386: History of Norfolk.

1642-3. Richard Anstye and Anne Churchey: Marriage Lic. (London).

1785. Married — John Anstice (Somerset) and Mary Selby: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Anstey = the Single or One - by - One Path. [Old English ánstíg]. (Anglo-Greek) Now confused with Anstice, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes and places in cos. Herts, Leicester, Warwick, Wilts, and Devon.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Anstee Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Anstee Come From? nationality or country of origin

Anstee (Arabic: انستي) is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Anstee click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Anstee? popularity and diffusion

It is the 210,129th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,708,675 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Anstee reside; 59 percent reside in Northern Europe and 59 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 964 people, or 1 in 57,799. In England it is most frequent in: Greater London, where 15 percent reside, Cambridgeshire, where 7 percent reside and Hampshire, where 7 percent reside. Besides England this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 23 percent reside and Wales, where 9 percent reside.

Anstee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Anstee has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Anstee last name increased 311 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 324 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 1,108 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Anstee Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Anstee last name are 17.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Anstee earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 236.97% more than the national average, earning R 800,760 per year; in United States they earn 0.61% more than the national average, earning $43,411 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.66% less than the national average, earning $48,856 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ansteee921/
Ganstee921/
Anste916/
D'Anstee861/
Anstey835,686/
Ansted83448/
Anstie83108/
Hanste8337/
Onstee8328/
Anstes8317/
Anster837/
Anstet834/
Ganste832/
Amstee830/
Anstett773,566/
Anstead771,219/
Anstedt77560/
Hansted77260/
Anstess77201/
Ansteth77126/
Hanster7711/
Amsteed772/
Hansthe771/
Anstter771/
Hanstey771/
Annsted770/
Ainstey770/
Ainstie770/
Hannste770/
Enste73618/
Ansty73228/
Onste7314/
Ansti7311/
Ansta7310/
Ahnstedt71204/
Hanstedt71183/
Hanstead71137/
Ansteatt7166/
Hanstech711/
Ansteach711/
Ansteadt711/
Asnstead711/
Ainstead711/
Annstett710/
Anstedtt710/
Annstead710/
Hamsteed710/
Anssteat710/
Amster671,831/
Anstis67940/
Hansti67136/
Onsted67102/
Hansta6753/
Hamnstedt6734/
Gansty6732/
Amstet6719/
Hansty6719/
Amstey6716/
Hansté6716/
Amsted6712/
Anstay674/
Onstes672/
Anshta672/
Enstie672/
Anstio671/
Anstui671/
Anstiy671/
Anshti671/
Ainsty670/
Anstip670/
Anstid670/
Aensty670/
Hansteadt670/

Anstee Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Anstee in the Arabic language
انستيansty-

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Anstee Reference & Research

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Anstey FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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