# Eggleston (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/eggleston/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,057 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,550 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,700 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (9,951 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Egleston |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, which is composed of the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”), + -s- + tūn (“settlement”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Eggleston in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Eggleston in the United States.

## People named Eggleston

- William Eggleston, American photographer (born 1939)
- Ralph Eggleston, American animator (1965–2022)
- Willard Webster Eggleston, American botanist (1863-1935)
- Stella Stevens, American actress (1938–2023)

## Similar surnames

Eccleston, Eagleson, Echols, Eccles, Eckles, Eslick, Eckels.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.