Bagstaff Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Bagstaff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bagstaff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:1,114,36153,243
Wales61:515,75523,171
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534

Bagstaff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bagstaff occurs most in England. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bagstaff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,580,327th most common surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bagstaff reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,114,361. In England it is most frequent in: Cambridgeshire, where 48 percent are found, Suffolk, where 18 percent are found and Lincolnshire, where 14 percent are found. Barring England Bagstaff exists in one country. It is also common in Wales, where 11 percent are found.

Bagstaff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bagstaff has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 357 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wagstaff8813,585/
Wagstaffe821,351/
Waggstaff823/
Wagstaffs820/
Wagstaf809/
Waggstaffe785/
Wagstaft753/
Waxstaff751/
Wagstapf751/
Bookstaff7143/
Bakstab672/
Bagstow670/
Bakstova6349/
Backstab635/
Backstof630/
Boekstaaf5979/
Bakstov5317/
Baxtova534/
Bakstoov501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bagstaff
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