Appleyard Surname
Approximately 6,469 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameAppleyard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,919 | 1:14,217 | 2,101 |
| United States | 822 | 1:440,948 | 37,906 |
| Australia | 549 | 1:49,172 | 6,128 |
| Canada | 432 | 1:85,291 | 9,464 |
| New Zealand | 165 | 1:27,444 | 4,801 |
| Scotland | 123 | 1:43,527 | 3,964 |
| Paraguay | 103 | 1:70,260 | 1,830 |
| Bahamas | 64 | 1:6,121 | 584 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Wales | 29 | 1:106,708 | 8,358 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Isle of Man | 9 | 1:9,536 | 2,057 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 25 | 1:177,195 | 8,871 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,702 | 1:9,021 | 1,356 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 117 | 1:429,220 | 31,367 |
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.
(English) Dweller at the Orchard. [Old English æppel + geard]. Cp. Applegarth.
(English) Dweller at the apple orchard.
An orchard. The word is employed by Hulvet in his Abecedarium, 1552. Halliw.
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.
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.).
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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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Yard | 95 | 1 | / |
| Appleyards | 95 | 0 | / |
| Apleyard | 94 | 2 | / |
| Applyard | 94 | 1 | / |
| Appleward | 89 | 1 | / |
| Appelyard | 89 | 0 | / |
| Appleyerd | 89 | 0 | / |
| Applard | 88 | 0 | / |
| Appleyarth | 84 | 2 | / |
| Applerod | 82 | 1 | / |
| Apelyard | 82 | 0 | / |
| Apleryd | 75 | 5 | / |
| Aplerud | 75 | 1 | / |
| Appelrod | 71 | 25 | / |
| Apilardo | 71 | 10 | / |
| Apolardi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Abolyard | 71 | 1 | / |
| Apelardo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Appalareddy | 70 | 142 | / |
| Appalareddi | 70 | 23 | / |
| Appulareddy | 70 | 3 | / |
| Ablard | 67 | 308 | / |
| Appalaareddy | 67 | 14 | / |
| Oplear | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aplert | 67 | 2 | / |
| Apollardo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Able-Ward | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aplareddi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apalaredi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aplier | 67 | 0 | / |
| Apflaer | 63 | 1 | / |
| Apflauer | 59 | 19 | / |
| Apllahyarova | 57 | 1 | / |
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