Wagstaff Surname

38,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,585 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wagstaff Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Wagstaff,' an official who was officious; v. Shakespear; v. also the statement under Wagspear.

Walter Waggestaf, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Waggestaff, Oxfordshire, ibid.

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Wagstaff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,1381:9,0781,321
United States4,5811:79,1229,026
Australia1,1511:23,4543,220
Canada5881:62,6637,331
New Zealand3831:11,8232,052
Wales1731:17,8871,946
Scotland1571:34,1013,361
Jamaica1211:23,7191,948
South Africa681:796,73154,178
Ireland431:109,5105,657
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
France171:3,907,219231,005
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Norway111:467,48139,375
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Maldives31:134,7244,057
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Guam11:160,1214,893
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,5701:6,8281,055
Scotland1221:30,6822,598
Wales371:42,3902,234
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7301:68,7937,456

Wagstaff (13) may also be a first name.

Wagstaff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Wagstaff,' an official who was officious; v. Shakespear; v. also the statement under Wagspear.

Walter Waggestaf, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Waggestaff, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Edward Wagstaffe. Nichol's History of Leicestershire.

1585. Thomas Wagstaffe Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1696. Baptised — Ellen, d. Thomas Wagstaff: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1737. Married — John Wagstaffe and Alice Littler: St. Michael, Cornhill.

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

(Scandinavian or Scandinavian + English) a nickname for a wand-bearing official, as a Beadle [see under Wagg1, and + Old Norse staf-r = Old English stæf, a staff] Walter Waggestaf.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Beadle” in Old English.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Nickname given to an official who carried a wand or staff, such as the parish beadle.

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

Applied to one who could brandish or wag a staff with effect. It belongs to the same class as Shakeshaft, Longstaffe, Shakspeare, &c., and is the most common of that class. It is curious to observe, among the archives of Stratfor-dupon-Avon, record of proceedings between Richard Wagstaff and John Shahespere-the latter being the poet's father. See Halliwell's Life of Shakspeare, p. 41.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(H.R. Waggestaff, Wagestaf). The last syllable of this name is the Anglo-Saxon stede, a place, station (locus, situs, statio, spatium). compare the names Bickerstaff, Bickerstaffe, Eavestaff, Hackstaff, Halstaff, Halstead, Halsted, Hardstaff, Langstaffe, Longstaff.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Wagstaff is an old English name that six hundred years ago occurred as Wagestaf and Waggestaf in Norfolk and Oxfordshire (H. R.). Since those early times one of the principal homes of the name has been in Warwickshire, the Wagstaffes of Tachebrooke being a distinguished family in the 16th and 17th centuries; but probably they had been much longer in the county of Warwick, since an epitaph relating to one of this family, who died in 1681, informs us that he was "descended from the ancient family of the Wagstaffes of Harbury," a place also in Warwickshire (Dugdale's "Warwickshire"). There was a family of the name in Boddington, Northamptonshire, in the 17th century (Baker's "Northamptonshire"). At present the name is also established in Derbyshire and Essex.

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

Wagstaff Last Name Facts

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

Wagstaff is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wagstaff.

How Common Is The Last Name Wagstaff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 38,707th most widespread surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 536,441 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 49 percent of Wagstaff reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 48 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 13 people.

The surname Wagstaff is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 6,138 people, or 1 in 9,078. In England Wagstaff is most prevalent in: West Yorkshire, where 8 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 7 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 7 percent live. Beside England Wagstaff exists in 46 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Wagstaff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wagstaff has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wagstaff surname grew 172 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 628 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 468 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 129 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 860 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wagstaff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Wagstaff are 7.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.11% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wagstaff earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 54.6% more than the national average, earning 535,039 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.23% more than the national average, earning R 318,984 per year; in United States they earn 6.25% more than the national average, earning $45,847 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.71% more than the national average, earning $54,506 CAD per year.

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Bagstaff8856/
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