Applegarth Surname

232,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,736 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Applegarth Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the Apple-garth,' apple, and garth, an enclosure; v. Appleyard. 'Appelle-garth: ponutum': Cath. Angl. This surname seems now generally found as Applegate.

Geoffrey de Appelgarth.

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Applegarth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2041:301,04627,753
England3701:150,58914,397
Australia631:428,50333,982
Canada451:818,79163,991
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Wales41:773,63329,106
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1991:122,48911,611
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1471:341,62426,307

Applegarth Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the Apple-garth,' apple, and garth, an enclosure; v. Appleyard. 'Appelle-garth: ponutum': Cath. Angl. This surname seems now generally found as Applegate.

Geoffrey de Appelgarth. Testa de Nevill sive Liber feodorum in Curia Scaccarii. Temp. Henry III & Edward I.

William Aplegart, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

Ralph de Apelgard, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert del Apelgargh, Yorkshire, ibid.

Ralph le (de) Apelgart, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

Richard de Appelgart, temp. Stephen, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

Robert del Appelgarth, 10 Edward II: Freemen of York.

This last is a second entry of a name instanced above.

1760. Married — Robert Applegate and Mary Crouch: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

APPLEGARTH: Of local origin from Applegarth near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. The Catholicon Anglicum defines an "Appellegarth" as pometum. William Apilgarth witnessed a grant to Cambuskenneth Abbey c, 1190 (Cambtis., p. 80), and Richard of Aplegarth was a hobelar in the garrison of Roxburgh in 1340 (Bain, III, 1382).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Scandinavian) belonging to Applegarth = the Apple-Yard or Orchard. [Old Norse eple, + garð-r]. Cp. Appleyard.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Apple and garth.) An enclosure for apple trees, an orchard. It has been corrupted to Applegath, Applegate, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. The orchard, apple—garden, or close.

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

A location name in Dumfriesshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Applegarth, a word signifying "orchard," was probably at one time a more generally distributed surname than it is at present. As Appelgar and Le Appelgart it occurred in Bucks and Essex in the 13th century (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Applegarth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Applegarth occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Applegarth? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 232,523rd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 4,197,895 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Applegarth reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 69 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 1,204 people, or 1 in 301,046. In The United States Applegarth is most common in: Ohio, where 14 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and Nebraska, where 9 percent are found. Besides The United States Applegarth occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Applegarth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Applegarth has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Applegarth last name increased 819 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 186 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Applegarth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Applegarth surname are 27.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 74.44% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Applegarth earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.44% less than the national average, earning $41,665 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.61% less than the national average, earning $37,954 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Applegart953/
Aplegarth950/
Appelgarth905/
Applegrath903/
Applegard841/
Apelgarth840/
Appelgaard701/
Apelgard674/
Uppalakurthi641/
Apalokorith571/
Abolkruth531/

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Applegarth Reference & Research

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