Where Does the Estis Surname Come From?

Estis is a familiar spelling of the English name Estes. The family name meaning is “Uncertain, perhaps from Eustace”, the same as for Estes.

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A variant of Estes

Estis writes “i” in place of the “e” found in Estes, a common scribal difference. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Estess and Eastes.

The 2010 census count for Estis in the United States was 541, good for rank 40,432. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames. For the full story, order the Estis surname pack.