Last Name EGGLESTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Egglestone, a chapelry in the parish of Middleton-in-Teesdale, county Durham. Alos, 'of Eggledton Abbey,' in the parish of Rokeby, union of Teesdale, North Roding Yorks. Probably in some cases it is just a lazified form of Eccleston. From 'Egles,' a church, and 'tun' or 'dun,' a hill - the church on the hill.

Origin	English, Welsh, English, Irish

Rank	3,304 (2000 US census)	2,760 (1990 US census)

Count	9,951 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

79.65%, or 7926 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
17.07%, or 1699 total occurrences, as black,
0.5%, or 50 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.33%, or 33 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.11%, or 110 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.34%, or 133 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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