Stains Surname

503,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 652 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Stains Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Staines,' a market-town and parish in Middlesex.

Richard de Stanes, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William de Staines, Kent, Henry III- Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Stains Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5631:643,79951,706
France321:2,075,710171,237
Australia311:870,82953,581
England151:3,714,537119,675
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2161:112,84910,987
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1721:291,96923,310

Stains (118) may also be a first name.

Stains Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Staines,' a market-town and parish in Middlesex.

Richard de Stanes, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William de Staines, Kent, Henry III- Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

1328. William de Stanes, rector of Welborne, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1677. Baptised — John s. Richard Stanes: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Staines (M’sex), a pl. form of the Anglo-Saxon Stán = the Boulder, Rock, or Stone House or Castle.

The short A.-Saxon charter of the Confessor in which this place is referred to in the dative as Stane (‘Dipl. Angl.’, p.414) is superscribed (doubtless dating from a later period) “Carta beati Regis Edwardi de Wyndesora et Stanes.”

It usedto'be thought that Staines owed its name to an old stone marking the boundary of the jurisdiction of the Corporation of London over the Thames to the West.

Cp. Stanes.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A town in Middlesex.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

An old word for stones; a market town in Middlesex, England.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Staines is the name of a town in Middlesex.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Stains Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Stains Come From? nationality or country of origin

Stains is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Stains.

How Common Is The Last Name Stains? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 503,825th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 11,177,218 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Stains are found; 87 percent are found in North America and 87 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Stains is also the 859,937th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 118 people.

The last name Stains is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 563 people, or 1 in 643,799. In The United States Stains is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 38 percent live, Louisiana, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Stains Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Stains has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Stains last name grew 327 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stains Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Stains surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stains surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.

Stains earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.52% less than the national average, earning $35,159 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stasins9212/
Statins920/
Stans91942/
Stassins864/
Staggins861/
Stattins860/
Steins833,613/
Stiens831,674/
Steans83486/
Stijns83409/
Staans836/
Stahns834/
Stainz833/
Staens832/
Stanns832/
Stanse832/
Stayns831/
Shtans831/
Stauns830/
Stuins830/
Stamns830/
Stassijns80159/
Steijns77510/
Stansch7754/
Stheins7729/
Stetins7726/
Stienss7715/
Stainze7713/
Steians777/
Stamnæs776/
Steyins775/
Staunæs774/
Steinås772/
Statens772/
Stijens771/
Sthijns771/
Stojans771/
Steiens770/
Stainch770/
Steanns770/
Steinsz770/
Steuins770/
Stams73501/
Stanz73419/
Steinstø71147/
Stassens71118/
Stassyns7156/
Stausens7120/
Stamnæss718/
Steinsøe718/
Stoggins718/
Stuggins718/
Stansova713/
Steinsch711/
Staggens710/
Steens671,308/
Steinz67401/
Stanze67301/
Steyns67267/
Stance67241/
Steams67149/
Stanch67145/
Steuns67131/
Stoens6782/
Stamsø6728/
Stanje6727/
Staenz6714/
Stouns6711/
Štainz6710/
Stienz679/
Šteins675/
Steinsová675/
Stamsp672/
Staynz671/
Styens671/
Sthens671/
Stiggions671/
Stanshova671/
Steateens670/
Steims670/
Stuens670/

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