Stamps Surname

55,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Stamps Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Estampes, in Normandy.

Stamps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,4001:43,1505,295
England4021:138,60213,521
Netherlands1671:101,12116,397
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
India151:51,137,692512,385
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Wales91:343,83718,086
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Panama51:782,45211,059
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Barbados11:287,4482,772
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1951:125,00211,754
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1921:42,1304,925

Stamps (32) may also be a first name.

Stamps Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Estampes, in Normandy.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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

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

Stamps Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stamps occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stamps? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stamps is the 55,405th most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 794,803 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Stamps reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Stamps is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 32 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 8,400 people, or 1 in 43,150. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Mississippi, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States Stamps is found in 40 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.

Stamps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stamps has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Stamps surname expanded 705 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 206 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stamps Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Stamps surname are 8.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.33% being registered with the party.

The amount Stamps earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.36% less than the national average, earning R 101,340 per year; in United States they earn 4.96% less than the national average, earning $41,010 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.22% more than the national average, earning $64,696 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stamp9112,040/
Stampe832,016/
Stampf83909/
Stampp83443/
Stomps83430/
Shtamp8355/
Staump8340/
Sthamp839/
Staamp835/
Stemps834/
Stanps833/
Stammp831/
Stampt831/
Staimp830/
Stambs830/
Stamph830/
Shtampf772/
Stainps770/
Staumpf770/
Stomp731,035/
Stamb732/
Ştamp731/
Stanp730/
Stampova713/
Stamphøj713/
Stoumpps711/
Stompe67140/
Štampf6794/
Stomph6750/
Stompf6732/
Stombs6721/
Stambh6714/
Stanpf674/
Štampe673/
Staumb671/
Stanpe671/
Stompsová671/
Stainp670/
Stannp670/

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