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Alston

in the US

There are 21,292 people with the last name "Alston" in the United States.

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Alston 1,252
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  1. is 1,248th most common Marin
  2. is 1,249th most common Elmore
  3. is 1,250th most common Rosen
  4. is 1,251st most common Beatty
  5. is 1,252nd most common Alston
  6. is 1,253rd most common Crow
  7. is 1,254th most common Leslie
  8. is 1,255th most common Padgett
  9. is 1,256th most common Elkins

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Alston

James, Mary, William, Robert, John, Michael, David, Charles, Barbara, Joseph

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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