Stannley Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Stannley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stannley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Stannley (40) may also be a first name.

Stannley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stannley occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stannley? popularity and diffusion

Stannley is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Stannley live; 40 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Stannley is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 40 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Stannley is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 50 percent live and Kakamega County, where 50 percent live. Outside of Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live.

Stannley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Stannley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stannley last name contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Stannley
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