Egelstaff Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Egelstaff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Egelstaff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:7,959,723202,100
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Wales41:773,63329,106
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Egelstaff Last Name Facts

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

Egelstaff is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Egelstaff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Egelstaff live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widespread in England, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 7,959,723. In England Egelstaff is most frequent in: Devon, where 57 percent reside, Dorset, where 14 percent reside and Surrey, where 14 percent reside. Besides England this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 22 percent reside and Wales, where 22 percent reside.

Egelstaff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Egelstaff has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Egelstaff last name declined 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egelestaff950/
Eaglestaff8421/
Englestoff740/
Egilstoft679/

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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
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  • 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 Egelstaff
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