Stangeland Surname

157,975th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Stangeland Surname User-submission:

Stangeland is a Norwegian surname, denoting someone who came from Stangeland (the farm-land held by poles; first recorded as Stangaland, via Old Norse stǫng-land, meaning 'pole-land'), the name of 6 farmsteads in Norway, they are all western and are in Rogaland or Hordaland (near Stavanger or Bergen).

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Stangeland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1,7761:2,895255
United States8161:444,19038,145
Canada1211:304,50928,133
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
England91:6,190,895170,599
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Stangeland Surname Meaning

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Stangeland is a Norwegian surname, denoting someone who came from Stangeland (the farm-land held by poles; first recorded as Stangaland, via Old Norse stǫng-land, meaning 'pole-land'), the name of 6 farmsteads in Norway, they are all western and are in Rogaland or Hordaland (near Stavanger or Bergen).

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Stangeland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stangeland has its highest incidence in Norway. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stangeland? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stangeland is the 157,975th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,633,735 people. The surname Stangeland occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Stangeland live; 65 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 1,776 people, or 1 in 2,895. In Norway Stangeland is primarily found in: Western Norway, where 82 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 13 percent live and Southern Norway, where 3 percent live. Not including Norway this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Stangeland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stangeland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Stangeland surname grew 2,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Stangeland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Stangeland surname are 5.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.74% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stangeland earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 10.19% more than the national average, earning 381,339 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.28% more than the national average, earning $48,879 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.27% more than the national average, earning $67,208 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Staneland9548/
Stanggeland951/
Stanzeland901/
Staugeland900/
Staniland841,587/
Stoneland842/
Stange-Wieland836/
Stanniland8053/
Stingelund801/
Stainiland800/
Stancylant701/

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