Appleyard Surname

75,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Appleyard Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the Appleyard,' from apple, and yard, or garth, an enclosure, an orchard. 'Appullyerde, or gardeyne, or orcherde: Pomerium': Promptorium Parvulorum Evidently a familiar word all over the kingdom for an orchard; compare Applegarth.

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Appleyard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,9191:14,2172,101
United States8221:440,94837,906
Australia5491:49,1726,128
Canada4321:85,2919,464
New Zealand1651:27,4444,801
Scotland1231:43,5273,964
Paraguay1031:70,2601,830
Bahamas641:6,121584
France371:1,795,209158,669
Wales291:106,7088,358
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Denmark161:352,79524,706
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Isle of Man91:9,5362,057
Cayman Islands81:7,987922
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland251:177,1958,871
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7021:9,0211,356
Scotland211:178,2486,976
Wales191:82,5483,796
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1171:429,22031,367

Appleyard Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the Appleyard,' from apple, and yard, or garth, an enclosure, an orchard. 'Appullyerde, or gardeyne, or orcherde: Pomerium': Promptorium Parvulorum Evidently a familiar word all over the kingdom for an orchard; compare Applegarth.

Nicholas de Apelyerd, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Adam del Appilyerd, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Magota de Appilyerd. ibid.

Alicia del Apelyerd, ibid.

Bartholomew de Appilyerd, burgess for Norwich, 49 Edward III: History of Norfolk.

William de Appilyerd, bailiff of Norwich, 1386: ibid.

Thomas Appleyeard, temp. Elizabeth: Calendar of Pleadings, temp. Elizabeth I.

1639. Leonard Slater and Grace Apleyard: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

1760. Married — Jonathan Dadford and Ann Appleyard: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) Dweller at the Orchard. [Old English æppel + geard]. Cp. Applegarth.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the apple orchard.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

An orchard. The word is employed by Hulvet in his Abecedarium, 1552. Halliw.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Appleyard is now a rare name in the county. The Appulyards or Apleyards were an old knightly family of Bigrave in the 15th and 16th centuries, where they owned both the manor and the living (Cus.). Applegarth is at present the north of England form of this name.

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

Appleyard is another old Yorkshire name. Sir Nicholas Applyarde fought at Flodden in 1513 (Wh. C.). Thomas Appleyard was lord mayor of York in 1551, 1563, and 1584 (D.). John Appleyard, Esq., of Burstwick Garth, was mayor of Holderness in 1585 (Poulson's "Holderness"). The name of Apylyard occurred in Norfolk in the 13th century (H. R.).

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

Appleyard Last Name Facts

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

The surname Appleyard is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Appleyard? popularity and diffusion

The surname Appleyard is the 75,825th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,126,534 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Appleyard are found; 64 percent are found in Northern Europe and 63 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Appleyard is most common in England, where it is borne by 3,919 people, or 1 in 14,217. In England Appleyard is most numerous in: West Yorkshire, where 24 percent reside, North Yorkshire, where 9 percent reside and Lincolnshire, where 8 percent reside. Beside England this surname occurs in 44 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Appleyard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Appleyard has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Appleyard surname rose 145 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 703 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 586 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 153 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 36 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Appleyard Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Appleyard surname is primarily Catholic (36%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Appleyard surname are 9.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.11% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Appleyard earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 14.06% less than the national average, earning R 204,216 per year; in United States they earn 7% more than the national average, earning $46,168 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.67% less than the national average, earning $49,348 CAD per year.

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