Middlemost Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Middlemost Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. or nick. 'Michaelmas'; compare Candlemas, Pentecost, Whitsunday, Christmas, Nowell, Saturday, &c, from the day or season whereon or wherein the child was born. The evidence in favour of this origin is sufficiently strong, although I suggest another interpretation infra.
Read More About This SurnameMiddlemost Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 24 | 1:1,015,640 | 40,589 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
Middlemost Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. or nick. 'Michaelmas'; compare Candlemas, Pentecost, Whitsunday, Christmas, Nowell, Saturday, &c, from the day or season whereon or wherein the child was born. The evidence in favour of this origin is sufficiently strong, although I suggest another interpretation infra. For one thing we find one undoubted instance:
1547. Shorman Myglemas: Churchwarden's Accounts, Ludlow (Camd. Sot, v. Index).
Michaelmas was commonly so pronounced. In the Treatise of Fishing with an Angle, in the St. Alban's Book, the following are given as baits for roach in July, 'the not worme, and mathewes, and maggotes tyll Myghelmas': Sign. i. ii (v. Promptorium Parvulorum). For further proof v. Mighill. From Migglemas to Middlemas would be an easy transition. The final 't' in Middlemast and Middlemost would thus be excrescent.
(a) Nick, or local, 'the middlemost,' i.e. the middle one in the family, or the middle house in a row of cottages, 'at the middlemost' We find this somewhat uncouth superlative in Ezek. xlii. 5, 'the middlemost of the building.' Still earlier, c. 1450, we find it in some curious nursery lines upon the fingers (v. fingers, Halliwell), wherein the little finger is styled 'litylman,' and the longest' longman.' 'Longman hat the mydilmast, for longest fynger hit is.'Stolen from Fore bears
1694. Married — Moses Pearrpoint and Mary Midlemass: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1700. — Searles Middlemas and Elizabeth Court: Canterbury Cathedral.
The Middlemasses were vassals and tenants of the district around Kelso, and derived their surname from "lie Middlemestlands in villa et territorio de Calco," mentioned in 1029 (Retours, Roxburgh, 137). William de Meldiemast who petitioned for a benefice in the gift of the abbot of Kelso, 1406 (Pap. Pet., I, p. 624) was probably Schir Wilyeam Myddilmast, the "lwvit chapellain" of Archibald de Douglas, earl of Wigtoun, vicar of Selkirk in the first quarter of the fifteenth century (PMS., II, 59). King James II confirmed a charter by William Myddilmast, vicar of Lynton, of certain tenements in the town of Peblis 1439 (Peebles, p. 207-208). Thomas Myddilmast is recorded in Ploro, 1495 (Trials, I, p. 20), and John Myddilmest witnessed a charter by Robert, abbot of Kelso, 1497 (Kelso, p. 429). Thomas Myddilmaist of Grestoune, a Peeblesshire laird, 1530 (Trials, I, p. 147). Thomas Middlemast was retoured heir in 1566 in the lands of Middilmast as "Middlemast of Middlemast," and Mege and Malie Middilmest were tenants under the Abbey of Kelso in 1567 (Kelso, p. 520,525). David Midlmest is in record in Mairbotle (Morebattle) in 1652 (Inquis., 3701), and Luckie Middlemist kept a famous oyster-cellar in Edinbergh in latter half of eighteenth century. This surname has been recently absurdly explained as from "middlemast," obsolete English for "mainmast," and so a nickname for a very tall man. Medillmest 1537, Medilmaste and Middilmaste 1425, Middelmest 1611, Middlemist 1742. Midelmest 1610, Midilmest 1611, Midlemes 1612, Midlemiss 1665, Midlemist 1670, Midlmess 1674, Mydilmest 1513.
MIDDLEMAS, Middlemass, Middlemiss: The Middlemasses were vassals and tenants of the district around Kelso, and derived their surname from "lie Middlemestlands in villa et territorio de Calco," mentioned in 1029 (Retours, Roxburgh, 137). William de Meldiemast who petitioned for a benefice in the gift of the abbot of Kelso, 1406 (Pap. Pet., I, p. 624) was probably Schir Wilyeam Myddilmast, the "lwvit chapellain" of Archibald de Douglas, earl of Wigtoun, vicar of Selkirk in the first quarter of the fifteenth century (PMS., II, 59). King James II confirmed a charter by William Myddilmast, vicar of Lynton, of certain tenements in the town of Peblis 1439 (Peebles, p. 207-208). Thomas Myddilmast is recorded in Ploro, 1495 (Trials, I, p. 20), and John Myddilmest witnessed a charter by Robert, abbot of Kelso, 1497 (Kelso, p. 429). Thomas Myddilmaist of Grestoune, a Peeblesshire laird, 1530 (Trials, I, p. 147). Thomas Middlemast was retoured heir in 1566 in the lands of Middilmast as "Middlemast of Middlemast," and Mege and Malie Middilmest were tenants under the Abbey of Kelso in 1567 (Kelso, p. 520,525). David Midlmest is in record in Mairbotle (Morebattle) in 1652 (Inquis., 3701), and Luckie Middlemist kept a famous oyster-cellar in Edinbergh in latter half of eighteenth century. This surname has been recently absurdly explained as from "middlemast," obsolete English for "mainmast," and so a nickname for a very tall man. Medillmest 1537, Medilmaste and Middilmaste 1425, Middelmest 1611, Middlemist 1742. Midelmest 1610, Midilmest 1611, Midlemes 1612, Midlemiss 1665, Midlemist 1670, Midlmess 1674, Mydilmest 1513.
A corruption of Michaelmas, which is so pronounced in some dialects. Other corrupted forms of the word, employed as surnames, are Middlemist and Middlemast. Probably from the person having been born at that festival. So Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, &c.
Middlemost Demographics
Average Middlemost Salary in
South Africa
R 345,564
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Middlemost Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Middlemost Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Middlemost is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Middlemost.
How Common Is The Last Name Middlemost? popularity and diffusion
The surname Middlemost is the 2,394,033rd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name Middlemost occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Middlemost reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Middlemost is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 54 percent are found, Gauteng, where 33 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 8 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent are found and Canada, where 11 percent are found.
Middlemost Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Middlemost has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Middlemost surname declined 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Middlemost Last Name Statistics demography
Middlemost earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.42% more than the national average, earning R 345,564 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlemast | 90 | 125 | / |
| Middlemo | 89 | 9 | / |
| Middlemas | 84 | 1,004 | / |
| Middlemass | 80 | 1,006 | / |
| Midlemaste | 80 | 0 | / |
| Middlmas | 78 | 1 | / |
| Middlesmass | 76 | 1 | / |
| Midlemass | 74 | 0 | / |
| Middlimas | 74 | 0 | / |
| Midelmas | 67 | 0 | / |
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