Elstob Surname

422,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 821 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Elstob Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Elstob,' a township in the parish of Stainton, County Durham.

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Elstob Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5391:103,37310,862
New Zealand801:56,6048,933
Australia621:435,41534,362
United States521:6,970,364322,914
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Guyana121:63,5185,280
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Scotland111:486,71119,179
France71:9,488,960336,266
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1961:124,36411,707
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Elstob Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Elstob,' a township in the parish of Stainton, County Durham.

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

(English) belonging to Elstob (Durham) [the second element is the North. English stob, a stub or stump: cp. Dutch stobbe-Old English stybb]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A township in Stainton, co. Durham.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

User-submitted Reference

The name itself is derived from "Elder tree stump" and has been abbreviated over the years. The village of Elstob in the county of Durham is also the site of a Roman Fortress.

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Elstob Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elstob is found most in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Elstob? popularity and diffusion

The last name Elstob is the 422,155th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,876,426 people. The last name Elstob occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Elstob reside; 68 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 539 people, or 1 in 103,373. In England it is mostly found in: Tyne and Wear, where 36 percent reside, Durham, where 25 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 7 percent reside. Outside of England it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 10 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Elstob Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Elstob has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Elstob last name expanded 275 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 5,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Elstob Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Elstob surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Elstob last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the political party.

The amount Elstob earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 143.6% more than the national average, earning R 578,892 per year and in United States they earn 40.68% more than the national average, earning $60,704 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elstub83182/
Elstow8356/
Elstobová801/
Helstab7743/
Elstoft7729/
Helstáb7722/
Hilstob7716/
Helstop770/
Hellstab7139/
Elstuv671/
Allstop629/
Alstopp623/
Hilstow621/
Elestav621/
Gilstop620/
Halstab620/
Hellstaf573/
Gilsttop573/
Allstopp572/
Gilstoff570/
Hillestab531/
Hillstoff530/
Gillstoff530/
Ilstup501/
Gihlstouff500/

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