Eggelston Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

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

Eggelston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eggelston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States911:3,983,065216,270
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1611:311,91724,534

Eggelston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Eggelston occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Eggelston? popularity and diffusion

The last name Eggelston is the 1,931,261st most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Eggelston reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Eggelston is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 3,983,065. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Missouri, where 25 percent reside, Indiana, where 12 percent reside and Ohio, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside.

Eggelston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Eggelston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Eggelston surname contracted 43 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Eggelston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Eggelston surname are 43.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 90% registered with the party.

Eggelston earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $44,550 USD per year.

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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 Eggelston
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