Find out how popular the last name Edsall is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Edsall.

Edsall, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Edsall surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Edsall in America

Edsall is the 18550th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Edsall surname appeared 1,487 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Edsall.

We can also compare 2010 data for Edsall to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Edsall

The surname Edsall has its origins in the Northern English counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, where it first emerged in the late 12th century. The name is derived from the Old English words "edes" meaning prosperous or rich, and "halh" meaning a nook or corner of land, suggesting the earliest bearers of this name inhabited a prosperous corner of land.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Edsall surname can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire from 1195, which mention a Richard de Edeshal. The name also appears in the Feet of Fines, a collection of legal records from the county of Yorkshire, in 1212 as Edeshal.

During the 13th century, the surname Edsall began to spread across the North of England, with various spellings such as Edishall, Edishale, and Edeshale appearing in historical records. One notable example is a William de Edishale, who is mentioned in the Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium, a collection of royal letters from 1226.

By the 14th century, the Edsall surname had become well-established in the region, and several individuals bearing this name can be found in historical records from that time. One such person was John de Edishale, who was recorded as a landowner in the Subsidy Rolls of Yorkshire in 1327.

Throughout the following centuries, the Edsall surname continued to be prominent in Northern England, with various branches of the family settling in different areas. One notable individual was Sir Ralph Edsall (1565-1632), a wealthy merchant and landowner who served as Lord Mayor of York in 1629.

Other notable individuals with the Edsall surname include Richard Edsall (1640-1718), an early settler in the American colonies who established a homestead in New Jersey, and Thomas Edsall (1718-1801), a prominent Quaker minister and abolitionist in Pennsylvania.

In the 19th century, the Edsall family produced several notable figures, including James Kirke Paulding Edsall (1812-1888), an American lawyer and politician who served as the 25th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and Thomas Edsall (1819-1904), a British architect who designed several notable buildings in London, including the Royal Courts of Justice.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Edsall

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Edsall.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Edsall was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Edsall has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Edsall was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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