Anstice Surname

461,659th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 731 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Wales

Anstice 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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Anstice Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia3121:86,5259,997
England1611:346,07525,095
United States861:4,214,639225,501
Canada521:708,56956,910
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
Wales421:73,6796,340
Scotland121:446,15118,166
France81:8,302,840321,660
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1061:229,95617,302
Wales281:56,0152,800
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Anstice (56) may also be a first name.

Anstice 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

(Anglo-Greek) Of the Resurrection. [Greek 'Aναστάσιος (Anastásios), m., ’'Aναστάσια (Anastasia), from-αναστάσιος, genit. of αναστάσις, an awakening, resurrection].

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

Anstice Last Name Facts

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

Anstice occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Anstice? popularity and diffusion

Anstice is the 461,659th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 9,969,283 people. The last name Anstice is mostly found in Oceania, where 49 percent of Anstice live; 49 percent live in Australasia and 49 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Anstice is also the 1,321,957th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 56 people.

Anstice is most prevalent in Australia, where it is carried by 312 people, or 1 in 86,525. In Australia it is mostly concentrated in: Victoria, where 73 percent reside, New South Wales, where 22 percent reside and Queensland, where 5 percent reside. Barring Australia this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.

Anstice Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Anstice has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Anstice last name grew 152 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,229 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Anstice Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Anstice last name are 1.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.17% being registered with the party.

The amount Anstice earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.53% more than the national average, earning $43,808 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.59% more than the national average, earning $53,452 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anstis77940/
Anstes7717/
Anstex771/
Ansthasie751/
Anstiss71774/
Anstess71201/
Amstici711/
Anstase711/
Onstace710/
Hanstech671/
Ansteach671/
Anæstesi671/
Hanstiss670/
Onstes622/
Anstytz572/
Amstess571/
Amshtiz571/
Heinstess500/

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