Garstang
English
Etymology
From Old Norse geirr (“spear, lance”) + stǫng (“staff, pole”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)stəŋ/
Proper noun
Garstang (countable and uncountable, plural Garstangs)
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4945). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Garstang is the 122314th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 141 individuals. Garstang is most common among White (97.87%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Garstang”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 18.