Stanesby Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Stanesby Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stainsby,' a hamlet in the parish of Ashby Puerorum, Lincolnshire; also a township in the parish of Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire Other places would be so called.

1598. John Stanesby or Stainsby, Wiltshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Stanesby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1521:366,56626,048
Australia291:930,88655,860
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England741:329,39721,471

Stanesby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stainsby,' a hamlet in the parish of Ashby Puerorum, Lincolnshire; also a township in the parish of Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire Other places would be so called.

1598. John Stanesby or Stainsby, Wiltshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1663. Buried — Alice, wife of Richard Stansby: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1665. — John Stansbee: ibid.

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

: v. Stainsby.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Stonesby; a location name in Leicestershire.

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

Average Stanesby Salary in
England

£29,911

Per year
Rank:
19,885 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00033725
Rank: 23,913 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
110.88%
Sample size: 26 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Stanesby Last Name Facts

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

Stanesby occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stanesby? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,173,425th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name Stanesby occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Stanesby live; 76 percent live in Northern Europe and 76 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 366,566. In England it is most prevalent in: Nottinghamshire, where 15 percent reside, Staffordshire, where 11 percent reside and Bedfordshire, where 9 percent reside. Beside England this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent reside and New Zealand, where 5 percent reside.

Stanesby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stanesby has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Stanesby surname increased 205 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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