Popplestone
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English papolstān (“pebble”), perhaps a nickname used for a person hard to deal with.
Proper noun
editPopplestone (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