Este Family Crest & Name History

Este is an established spelling of the English surname East. Name scholars give the meaning as “East”.

A variant of East

Before spelling was fixed, East was also written Este. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Este by the numbers

Este ranked 88,336 in the 2010 US Census, with 210 people answering to the name. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames. Este sounds close to Estey, so it can help to search both.

Arms associated with the name

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