Stammers Surname

139,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Stammers Surname Definition:

(English) a nickname for a Stammerer or Stutterer [Middle English stameren, Old English stamerian, to stammer]

Stammers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7621:31,6224,215
Australia8721:30,9584,117
United States1681:2,157,494136,287
Canada1261:292,42527,191
Netherlands801:211,09028,733
New Zealand721:62,8939,679
Wales331:93,7747,567
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Jersey141:7,0861,520
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
France11:66,422,722504,397
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8001:30,4694,066
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Jersey21:25,9413,069
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:784,66749,209

Stammers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) a nickname for a Stammerer or Stutterer [Middle English stameren, Old English stamerian, to stammer]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in France (St. Omer). Also Stumer in Essex, England.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

From the German, Stammer; from the Dutch, Staamer; a personal name.

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

Stammers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stammers is most common in England. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stammers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Stammers is the 139,743rd most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,279,495 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Stammers reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 57 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Stammers is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 1,762 people, or 1 in 31,622. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Essex, where 16 percent are found, Greater London, where 15 percent are found and Suffolk, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account England this last name is found in 32 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Stammers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stammers has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 220 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 263 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 3,300 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 267 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stammers Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Stammers surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stammers surname are 25.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.5% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stammers earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.9% more than the national average, earning $46,990 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.94% more than the national average, earning $55,119 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stamers93222/
Stemmers88188/
Stammars888/
Stommers884/
Steamers884/
Stanmers881/
Stomers806/
Stemers803/
Stāmers802/
Steemers75416/
Steimers7552/
Steymars636/
Steimars631/

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