Stalker Surname

64,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,724 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Stalker Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the stalker,' a huntsman, a fowler. 'Stalk, to use a stalking-horse for obtaining wild-fowl and game' (Halliwell).

Amabil le Stalker, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1802.

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Stalker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,3031:84,2349,537
England1,2551:44,3975,614
Scotland7171:7,4671,134
Canada5931:62,1347,261
Australia4441:60,8017,349
New Zealand1661:27,2794,764
Uruguay361:95,3279,476
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Argentina251:1,709,73790,467
Wales211:147,35910,403
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
China21:683,660,78330,601
France21:33,211,361423,184
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Grenada11:108,5351,793
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland8611:4,348689
England6141:39,6995,045
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7551:66,5157,224

Stalker (2,051) may also be a first name.

Stalker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the stalker,' a huntsman, a fowler. 'Stalk, to use a stalking-horse for obtaining wild-fowl and game' (Halliwell).

Amabil le Stalker, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1802. Married — John Alison and Ann Stalker: St. George, Hanover Square.

1806. — John Grear and Jane Stalker: ibid.

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

From the occupation of 'stalker,' one who stalks, as a deerstalker. Patrick Stalcare had a remission in 1427 (Rose, p. 126), and twenty years later John Stalcare is in record as burgess of Berwick (RD., 461). Donald Stalkair leased the church of Glenyleff in 1447 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 126), and John Stalcare was one of an int uest anent a fishing on the Tweed in 1467 (RD., p. 358). The name of William Staiker, goldsmith and guild-brother in Glasgow, 1607 (Burgesses) is probably to be taken as a spelling of Stalker. Stalkar 1491. The name is also recorded in Aberdeen, 1605 (CRA., p. 277).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) Stalker; hence Fowler, Hunter [from Old English st(e)alcian, to stalk] William le Stalkere.—Chesh. Chmbrins’. Accts., A,D, 1303-4.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. A huntsman. 2. One who illegally kills deer. Jamieson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A fowler who goes warily and softly in pursuit of his game; one who walks on stilts over ditches in pursuit of moor—fowl

"The fowler is employed his limed twigs to set,

One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.

Another over dykes upon his stilts doth walk."—Drayton.

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

From the Dutch, Stolker, Stolkert; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Stalker Last Name Facts

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

Stalker (Arabic: ستوكر) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Stalker? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stalker is the 64,734th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 943,494 people. The surname Stalker is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Stalker live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 166,540th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 2,051 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4,303 people, or 1 in 84,234. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 11 percent reside, New York, where 11 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States it is found in 47 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent reside and Scotland, where 9 percent reside.

Stalker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stalker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stalker surname rose 570 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 204 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stalker Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (54%) in Ireland.

In The United States Stalker are 17.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.2% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stalker earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 26.29% more than the national average, earning R 300,120 per year; in United States they earn 0.5% more than the national average, earning $43,366 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.56% more than the national average, earning $56,917 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stallker931/
Staulker930/
Stahlcker880/
Stolker86709/
Stalcer8617/
Stalkyor8011/
Stolkier801/
Stollker801/
Stoilker800/
Staalkjær7518/
Štalcer7125/
Stolcer716/
Štolcer578/

Stalker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stalker in the Arabic language
ستوكرstwkr-

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Stalker Reference & Research

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