Popplestone

English

Etymology

From Old English papolstān (“pebble”), perhaps a nickname used for a person hard to deal with.

Proper noun

Popplestone (plural Popplestones)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old English].

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Popplestone is the 28019^th most common surname in England, belonging to 136 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Popplestone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears