Wagstaff
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English waggen (“to move up and down”) + staff (“staff, rod”), an occupational surname for an official who carried a staff.
Proper noun edit
Wagstaff (countable and uncountable, plural Wagstaffs)
- A surname from Middle English.
- An unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wagstaff is the 10553rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3037 individuals. Wagstaff is most common among White (82.05%) and Black/African American (14.26%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wagstaff”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Middle English
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kansas, USA
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