Egglestone Surname

378,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 944 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Egglestone Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Egglestone = Egel’s or Ægel’s Stone (Castle) [Old English stán, stone, rock, stone castle] Confused with the preceding name.

Egglestone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5631:98,96610,472
Australia1871:144,36215,419
Canada611:604,02649,778
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
United States271:13,424,405494,117
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Wales151:206,30213,003
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2641:92,3319,519
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States751:669,58243,760

Egglestone Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Egglestone = Egel’s or Ægel’s Stone (Castle) [Old English stán, stone, rock, stone castle] Confused with the preceding name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Egglestone Last Name Facts

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

The surname Egglestone occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Egglestone click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egglestone? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 378,348th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,719,858 people. The last name Egglestone is mostly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Egglestone live; 62 percent live in Northern Europe and 62 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most widespread in England, where it is held by 563 people, or 1 in 98,966. In England it is most common in: Durham, where 30 percent are found, Tyne and Wear, where 14 percent are found and Cumbria, where 7 percent are found. Barring England it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Egglestone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Egglestone has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Egglestone last name increased 213 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 64 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Egglestone Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Egglestone earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 20.86% less than the national average, earning R 188,076 per year; in United States they earn 50.14% less than the national average, earning $21,515 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.21% more than the national average, earning $55,748 CAD per year.

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