Hardstaff Surname

399,363rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 881 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Hardstaff Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. applied to a tipstaff or catchpoll; compare Shakespear, Wagstaff, &c. Probably the original Hardstaff used his symbol of office freely.

Hardstaff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5241:106,33211,110
Australia1961:137,73314,860
Canada941:391,97434,739
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
Wales121:257,87814,969
France81:8,302,840321,660
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3911:62,3417,247
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Hardstaff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. applied to a tipstaff or catchpoll; compare Shakespear, Wagstaff, &c. Probably the original Hardstaff used his symbol of office freely.

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

(English) prob. a nickname for a Beadle or similar staff-carrying official [Old English h(e)ard, hard; stæf, a staff]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This name is found in Sherwood Forest, and looks like an appellation as old as the days of Robin Hood and Little John.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
DNA test information
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Hardstaff Demographics

Average Hardstaff Salary in
England

£23,282

Per year
Rank:
69,723 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000959168
Rank: 11,031 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
86.31%
Sample size: 95 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Hardstaff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hardstaff is found most in England. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hardstaff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 399,363rd most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,271,902 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Hardstaff live; 62 percent live in Northern Europe and 62 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 524 people, or 1 in 106,332. In England Hardstaff is mostly concentrated in: Nottinghamshire, where 27 percent live, Lincolnshire, where 18 percent live and Derbyshire, where 6 percent live. Aside from England this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Hardstaff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hardstaff has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Hardstaff last name grew 134 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hardstaff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Presbyterian (75%) in Ireland.

Hardstaff earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 8% more than the national average, earning $53,660 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hardstaffe9511/
Hardstaf940/
Hart Staff842/
Hartstuff785/
Hardestav782/
Horwood-Stiff641/
Artstova591/

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