How common is the surname Armistead?

2,528 people in the United States had the surname Armistead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,130 Americans. It ranked 12,296th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Armistead?

James Armistead Lafayette, African American double agent for American rebels in the American Revolutionary War.

Is the surname Armistead getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,528 in 2010, down 2.6%.

The surname Armistead

A French place surname, carried by 2,528 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Armistead is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

"Dweller of the hermitage", from Old French eremite (“hermit”) + Old English stede (“place”).

Armistead is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,528 people named Armistead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,130 Americans. That is down 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,596.

#12,296

rank among US surnames

2,528

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,197)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,289	Valiente	2,530	122,034
#12,292	Spillers	2,529	122,082
#12,296	Scheidt	2,528	122,130
#12,303	Wolk	2,527	122,179

Who is named Armistead

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

82% of people named Armistead identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Armisteads

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Armistead Lafayette
African American double agent for American rebels in the American Revolutionary War, 1748–1830

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Armitstead
Armstead

Surnames that sound like Armistead

Armistead has the Soundex code A652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A652.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Armistead come from?: "Dweller of the hermitage", from Old French eremite (“hermit”) + Old English stede (“place”).
How common is the surname Armistead?: 2,528 people in the United States had the surname Armistead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,130 Americans. It ranked 12,296th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Armistead?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Armistead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Armistead?: James Armistead Lafayette, African American double agent for American rebels in the American Revolutionary War.
What type of surname is Armistead?: Armistead is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Armistead getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,528 in 2010, down 2.6%.
What are other spellings of Armistead?: Armitstead and Armstead.