Egleston Surname

355,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,021 people bear this surname

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

Egleston Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Egglestone,' a chapelry in the parish of Middleton in-Teesdale, County Durham; (a) 'of Eggleston Abbey,' in the parish of Rokeby, union of Teesdale, North Riding of Yorkshire Probably in some cases a lazified form of Eccleston, which see, compare Slagg for Slack, &c.

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Egleston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9591:377,95533,414
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
England211:2,653,24194,788
Austria91:946,15970,786
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland251:177,1958,871
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5151:97,5129,915

Egleston (12) may also be a first name.

Egleston Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Egglestone,' a chapelry in the parish of Middleton in-Teesdale, County Durham; (a) 'of Eggleston Abbey,' in the parish of Rokeby, union of Teesdale, North Riding of Yorkshire Probably in some cases a lazified form of Eccleston, which see, compare Slagg for Slack, &c.

1581. Christopher Day and Margery Eggleston: Marriage Lic (London).

1603. Buried — John Eggleston: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1623. — Edward Egglestone. ibid.

The large number of Egglestons or Eglestons in America is probably explained by the following item:

1635. Richard Eggleston sailed for Virginia from the Port of London': Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

Doubtless all were related to one another.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(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

(Welsh or Br.) From Egles, a church, and tun or dun, a hill—the church on the hill.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Eggleston is a name which was represented by Eggliston or Egleston in Northumberland in the reign of Edward I. (Inquisitions). There is a town thus called in the county of Durham.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Egleston Last Name Facts

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

Egleston is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egleston? popularity and diffusion

Egleston is the 355,911th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,137,655 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Egleston live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. Egleston is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 12 people.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 959 people, or 1 in 377,955. In The United States Egleston is most frequent in: California, where 11 percent reside, Ohio, where 10 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Egleston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Egleston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Egleston surname expanded 186 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 140 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Egleston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (72%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Egleston last name are 13.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.84% registered with the political party.

The amount Egleston earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.05% more than the national average, earning $45,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.02% more than the national average, earning $52,674 CAD per year.

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Egleston 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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