Stamp Surname

43,226th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,040 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Stamp Surname Definition:

Probably from Estampes, now Etampes, in the department of Seine et Oise. It is sometimes written Stempe. At Boxgrove, co. Sussex, where the family have resided for three centuries, the earlier entries of the name are Stempe, and the later ones Stamp.

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Stamp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1921:86,4649,760
England4,0561:13,7372,034
Canada9831:37,4834,747
Germany6881:117,01414,387
Australia4891:55,2066,773
Jamaica2581:11,1241,165
Denmark1801:31,3603,257
South Africa1791:302,66929,078
Wales1621:19,1022,042
Ireland1491:31,6042,731
New Zealand1181:38,3766,521
Romania731:275,03925,390
Scotland671:79,9085,892
Honduras661:133,5821,894
Belize551:6,4631,030
Nicaragua381:158,4502,273
Panama281:139,7244,684
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Costa Rica211:227,6222,745
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Peru141:2,270,29426,427
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
India121:63,922,115578,870
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
France91:7,380,302306,885
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Lesotho41:508,14018,568
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
China21:683,660,78330,601
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Dominica11:75,891912
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland711:62,3924,829
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1811:11,1761,709
Wales171:92,2604,121
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8911:56,3626,298

The alternate forms: Ştamp (1) are calculated separately.

Stamp (68) may also be a first name.

Stamp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Probably from Estampes, now Etampes, in the department of Seine et Oise. It is sometimes written Stempe. At Boxgrove, co. Sussex, where the family have resided for three centuries, the earlier entries of the name are Stempe, and the later ones Stamp.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The same as Estampes. From Etampes, formerly Estampes, a commune and town of France, dep. Seine et Oise.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Or D’Estampes. Lucas de Estampes, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). The Ville of Stampes, Norm. t. Phil. Augustus (Mem. Soc. Ant. Nor., v. 158). Ferric de Stampis is mentioned by Ord. Vitalis (908).

The Norman People (1874)

In the Domesday Book, Stam; from the German, Stampe; a personal name.

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

Stamp is at present chiefly a Lincolnshire name; but a family of the name has resided at Boxgrove, Sussex, for three centuries (L.).

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

Stamp Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stamp occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Ştamp. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stamp? popularity and diffusion

The last name Stamp is the 43,226th most prevalent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 605,278 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Stamp are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Stamp is also the 1,181,159th most frequently held first name globally, held by 68 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4,192 people, or 1 in 86,464. In The United States Stamp is most frequent in: New York, where 10 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States Stamp occurs in 70 countries. It is also common in England, where 34 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Stamp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stamp has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stamp surname increased 470 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 186 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 953 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 210 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 6,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stamp Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stamp surname are 15.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.09% being registered with the party.

The amount Stamp earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 65.8% more than the national average, earning S/. 32,141 per year; in South Africa they earn 12.98% more than the national average, earning R 268,488 per year; in United States they earn 4.67% more than the national average, earning $45,166 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.17% less than the national average, earning $49,599 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ştamp931/
Stamps919,169/
Stampe912,016/
Stampf91909/
Stampp91443/
Shtamp9155/
Staump9140/
Sthamp919/
Staamp915/
Stammp911/
Stampt911/
Staimp910/
Stamph910/
Shtampf832/
Staumpf830/
Stemp801,791/
Stomp801,035/
Stamb802/
Stanp800/
Stampova773/
Stomps73430/
Stempf73223/
Stompe73140/
Štampf7394/
Stomph7350/
Stompf7332/
Stambh7314/
Shtemp737/
Stanpf734/
Štampe733/
Stanps733/
Staumb731/
Stanpe731/
Stainp730/
Stannp730/
Stambs730/
Stoumpf671/
Stompfe671/
Stainpf670/
Stainps670/
Steumpf670/

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