Popplestone
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English papolstān (“pebble”), perhaps a nickname used for a person hard to deal with.
Proper noun edit
Popplestone (plural Popplestones)
- A surname transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old English].
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Popplestone is the 28019th most common surname in England, belonging to 136 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Popplestone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears