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Alston

in North Carolina

There are 4,663 people with the last name "Alston" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Alston 173
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  1. is 169th most common Stevens
  2. is 170th most common Ferguson
  3. is 171st most common Stephens
  4. is 172nd most common Lynch
  5. is 173rd most common Alston
  6. is 174th most common Weaver
  7. is 175th most common Bass
  8. is 176th most common Fowler
  9. is 177th most common Whitley

Similar Names and Nicknames

Alsteen, Alstrom, Alstott, Alstin, Alster, Alstad, Alsten, Alstatt, Alstyne, Alstine

Most Common First Names for Alston

James, Mary, William, Michael, Barbara, Robert, Linda, Anthony, Joseph, Willie

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. from the Middle English personal name Alstan, which is a coalescence of several different Old English personal names: Æðelstān ‘noble stone’, Ælfstān ‘elf stone’, Ealdstān ‘old stone’, or Ealhstān ‘altar stone’.
  • 2. habitational name from any of various places called Alston (in Cumbria, Lancashire, Devon, and Somerset) or Alstone (in Gloucestershire and Staffordshire). With the exception of Alston in Cumbria, which is formed with the Old Scandinavian personal name Halfdan, these place names all consist of an Old English personal name + Old English tūn ‘settlement’, for example Ælfsige in the case of Alstone in Gloucestershire.

    • FOREBEARS In 1682 John Alston of Hammersmith, Middlesex, England, began a seven-year apprenticeship to James Jones, merchant, of Charleston, SC. He had many prominent descendants, among whom the name is often spelled Allston.

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