Alabaster is used as a family name or surname in Old English. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Alabaster
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Old English
Meaning: Came from Arblaster; from Old English alblastere, a cross-bowman. It is found in Latin Albalestarius. Several of the distinguished archers at the battle of Hastings became tenants in chief under the Conqueror, ad are entered in Domesday with the surname of Arbalistarius, or Balistareus or Balistarius. Hence the names Alabaster, Blast and others.

How popular is Alabaster?

Alabaster is ranked 285694 on our list.

There are about 101 people in US who wears Alabaster as surname and ranked 159712 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
White 96.04
Alabaster is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in New Zealand. Around 1063 people have been found who wears Alabaster as their family name. Alabaster is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
280,667 Canada5
78,945 Argentina3
184,212 France3
16,136 Kenya3
12,161 Wales2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
24,766 Scotland2
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
10,190 Bahrain1
53,033 Nigeria1
172,258 Germany1
1,818 Guernsey1
153,416 Italy1
12,270 Lebanon1
40,340 Malaysia1
36,678 Singapore1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with hundreds of Alabaster:
10,393 England613
130,153 United States162
5,525 New Zealand137
21,878 Australia113
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Comments

D
Dagmar Barham
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of words alha baster meaning beside or near the pasture this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Alabaster Namesakes

  • William Alabaster, Poet
  • William Alabaster, Poet

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