Eustace Surname

35,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,900 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Eustace Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Eustace,' St. Eustachius (Yonge).

Eustace le Chaloner, Close Rolls, 32 Edward I.

Adam fil. Eustace, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Henry fil. Ewstace, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

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Eustace Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8,2601:6,409825
United States1,9391:186,93118,583
England1,8071:30,8354,128
Australia7751:34,8334,590
Ireland6951:6,775997
Canada4141:88,9999,813
New Zealand2071:21,8763,831
South Africa1561:347,29331,960
France691:962,648108,938
Kenya671:689,25229,975
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Wales611:50,7304,716
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
India331:23,244,406321,547
United Arab Emirates311:295,55719,854
Trinidad and Tobago281:48,7134,303
Antigua and Barbuda231:4,312570
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Belgium201:574,83253,219
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
Isle of Man171:5,0481,065
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines151:7,511719
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Barbados111:26,1321,223
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Dominica21:37,946685
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5001:8,8601,317
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8231:29,6183,992
Wales151:104,5614,503
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3701:135,72612,894

Eustace (11,490) may also be a first name.

Eustace Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Eustace,' St. Eustachius (Yonge).

Eustace le Chaloner, Close Rolls, 32 Edward I.

Adam fil. Eustace, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Henry fil. Ewstace, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Richard Eustase, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

William fil. Eustachii, Norfolk, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Lucia Eustasy, Somerset, , 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Robert Ewstace, 1513: Register of the University of Oxford.

There are some curious spellings of this name:

1747. Married — George Cook and Mary Eustiss: St. George, Hanover Square.

1779. — John Ewstes and Mary Hobbs: ibid.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin-Greek) Fruitful (French Eustache, Latin Eustachius, Greek Εύσταχος— εύ, abundance + στάχυς, ear of corn]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Iústás An Anglo-Norman family of the Pale, prominent in Irish History. Bibl; MIF 100; Map Kild

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) Descendant of Eustace (steadfast).

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

From the proper name Eustachius. The family, settled in Ireland under Henry II., were of Norman descent.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Greek Eύσταιλαής, standing firm.

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

William Eustachius occurs in Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Eustace and Robert Eustachius in England 1198-9 (Rotuli Curiae Regis); Geoffry, John, Roger, Ralph Eustace in England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum). Of this name were the Viscounts Baltinglas in Ireland.

The Norman People (1874)

Eustace: stands for Eustace, a personal name; and Fitz Eustace also occurs; now Stacy.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Eustace Last Name Facts

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

Eustace is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Eustace.

How Common Is The Last Name Eustace? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 35,458th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 489,097 people. Eustace is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Eustace reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 55,806th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 11,490 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 8,260 people, or 1 in 6,409. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 87 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 4 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 3 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 64 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and England, where 12 percent reside.

Eustace Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Eustace has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 524 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 220 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 139 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it rose 407 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Eustace Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Eustace last name is principally Catholic (93%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Eustace surname are 14.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.73% being registered with the party.

The amount Eustace earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 27.53% less than the national average, earning R 172,212 per year; in United States they earn 13.83% more than the national average, earning $49,118 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.14% more than the national average, earning $56,211 CAD per year.

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