Alveston

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ælfwīġ + stān (“stone”).

Proper noun

Alveston (countable and uncountable, plural Alvestons)

1. A village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6388).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alveston is the 91802^nd most common surname in England, belonging to 22 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Alveston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 31.
• Forebears