Elston Surname

40,567th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,913 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Elston Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Elstan,' an early personal name; compare Dunstan.

Elstan de Bac, temp. Henry II, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

Henry Elstan, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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Elston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,1971:50,3636,082
England2,9351:18,9842,720
Australia1,0001:26,9963,670
Canada3531:104,37811,269
Mexico3201:387,8947,814
South Africa2661:203,67621,747
Wales1791:17,2881,873
New Zealand1741:26,0254,563
Northern Ireland1631:11,3191,718
Ireland481:98,1035,309
Scotland421:127,4727,985
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
France191:3,495,933219,029
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Belize21:177,7373,502
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland311:142,8997,868
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4321:17,0222,480
Wales121:130,7015,289
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4941:33,6144,022

Elston (1,472) may also be a first name.

Elston Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Elstan,' an early personal name; compare Dunstan.

Elstan de Bac, temp. Henry II, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

Henry Elstan, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

(a) Local, 'of Elston,' (a) a township in the parish of Preston, Lancashire; (b) a parish in Nottinghamshire.

Ellen Elston, of Ribleton, widdow. 1587: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

Anne Elston, of Preston, 1673: ibid.

George Elston, of Lytham, 1662: ibid.

A family of Elstons sprung from Elston in Preston parish has been resident in Heyhouses, Lytham, for several centuries.

Richard Elston, of Heyhouses, Litham, 1633: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

1765. Married — William Elston and Christian Harcourt: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) 1 belonging to Elston [the second element is the Old English tún, an estate, farm; for the first see under Elsdon] The Lancashire Elston was Etheliston in A.D. 1297 (Lanc. Inquests, &c.) 2 for the Anglo-Saxon pers. name (a) Ealhstán = Temple Stone or Rock [Old English ealh, a temple + stán] (b) Ælfstán = Elf-Stone [Old English ælf, elf + stán] (c) Ethelstdn or Æthelstán-Noble Stone [Old English æðele, noble + stán] Henry Elstan.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Elston (the homestead of Ethelsige or Aelfwig or Elias), the name of three manors in England.

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

Parishes, &c, in cos. Nottingham, Lancaster, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Devon, Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

John Elston was sheriff of Exeter in 1718 (I.). Elson was a common name in Exmouth in the 17th century (Webb), and the name of Elston is yet there.

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

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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Elston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elston (Russian: Эльстон) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elston? popularity and diffusion

The surname Elston is the 40,567th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 564,357 people. Elston is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Elston live; 55 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America. Elston is also the 202,904th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 1,472 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 7,197 people, or 1 in 50,363. In The United States Elston is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, Alabama, where 6 percent are found and Illinois, where 5 percent are found. Beside The United States it is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in England, where 23 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.

Elston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Elston has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 482 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,492 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 155 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 840 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Elston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Elston last name are 20.21% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.98% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Elston earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 26.19% more than the national average, earning 436,703 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 114.48% more than the national average, earning R 509,688 per year; in United States they earn 1.14% less than the national average, earning $42,657 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.13% more than the national average, earning $51,734 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Elston Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Elston in the Russian language
Эльстонelston-

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