How common is the surname Eggleston?

10,057 people in the United States had the surname Eggleston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,700 Americans. It ranked 3,550th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Eggleston?

William Eggleston, American photographer (born 1939), followed by Ralph Eggleston.

Where is the surname Eggleston most common?

Wikidata records people named Eggleston in the United States.

Is the surname Eggleston getting more or less common?

More common. 9,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,057 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Eggleston

An English place surname, carried by 10,057 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eggleston is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,057 people named Eggleston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,700 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,951.

#3,550

rank among US surnames

10,057

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,304)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,541	Son	10,094	30,587
#3,542	Joshi	10,089	30,602
#3,543	Moffitt	10,070	30,660
#3,544	Schweitzer	10,068	30,666
#3,545	Caro	10,064	30,678
#3,547	Vines	10,061	30,687
#3,548	Perdomo	10,058	30,697

Who is named Eggleston

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

78% of people named Eggleston identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Egglestons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Egleston

Surnames that sound like Eggleston

Eggleston has the Soundex code E242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E242.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eggleston come from?: From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, which is composed of the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”), + -s- + tūn (“settlement”).
How common is the surname Eggleston?: 10,057 people in the United States had the surname Eggleston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,700 Americans. It ranked 3,550th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eggleston?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Eggleston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Eggleston?: William Eggleston, American photographer (born 1939), followed by Ralph Eggleston.
Where is the surname Eggleston most common?: Wikidata records people named Eggleston in the United States.
What type of surname is Eggleston?: Eggleston is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Eggleston getting more or less common?: More common. 9,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,057 in 2010, up 1.1%.
What are other spellings of Eggleston?: Egleston.