Standley Surname

63,311th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,913 people bear this surname

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

Standley Surname Definition:

For Stanley, q.v.

Standley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,7511:63,0257,377
England1,3591:40,9995,269
Australia5131:52,6236,499
South Africa511:1,062,30863,943
France341:1,953,609166,012
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Wales181:171,91811,581
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Jamaica101:286,9957,581
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Saint Lucia61:29,7971,820
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5091:47,8895,906
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1861:42,3434,941

Standley (1,411) may also be a first name.

Standley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

For Stanley, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Stanley (stony meadow), the name of several places in England; dweller at a rocky meadow.

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

A corruption of Stanley.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Standley Last Name Facts

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

Standley is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Standley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 63,311th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 920,959 people. The last name Standley occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Standley live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. Standley is also the 207,956th most widespread first name globally It is held by 1,411 people.

Standley is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 5,751 people, or 1 in 63,025. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 11 percent reside, Missouri, where 7 percent reside and Oregon, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.

Standley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Standley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Standley last name grew 485 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 267 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Standley Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those bearing the Standley last name are 8.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.82% registered with the party.

The amount Standley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.68% more than the national average, earning R 396,084 per year and in United States they earn 0.06% less than the national average, earning $43,124 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Standly93257/
Standle9333/
Standlee881,070/
Standler88163/
Standlea8885/
Stanndly881/
Shtandler821/
Standli801/
Steindle7526/
Stondler751/
Stoindle750/
Standlia750/
Steindler71591/
Stãdle711/
Shteyndler671/
Šteindler594/

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Standley Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Standley
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