Egelston Surname

435,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 789 people bear this surname

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

Egelston Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Eggleston, in Durham, or Egglestone, in Yorkshire, both meaning Ecgel’s homestead.

Egelston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7871:460,55839,303
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2441:205,81417,803

Egelston Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Eggleston, in Durham, or Egglestone, in Yorkshire, both meaning Ecgel’s homestead.

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

Egelston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Egelston is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Egelston? popularity and diffusion

The last name Egelston is the 435,329th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,236,433 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Egelston live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Egelston is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 787 people, or 1 in 460,558. In The United States Egelston is mostly concentrated in: Nevada, where 13 percent are found, Ohio, where 13 percent are found and New York, where 11 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 0 percent are found and Oman, where 0 percent are found.

Egelston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Egelston has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 323 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Egelston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Egelston are 9.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56% being registered to vote for the party.

Egelston earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.96% less than the national average, earning $42,735 USD per year.

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Egelston Reference & Research

Eggleston FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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