Stansbury Surname

61,635th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,157 people bear this surname

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

Stansbury Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Stanbury (stone fort), in Yorkshire.

Stansbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,5111:48,2575,849
England3221:173,03715,826
Canada1881:195,98719,219
New Zealand511:88,79112,412
Australia471:574,37741,856
Scotland101:535,38220,332
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
France51:13,284,544357,392
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1631:149,54213,222
Jersey121:4,324761
Scotland91:415,91311,811
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3581:36,9804,380

Stansbury (36) may also be a first name.

Stansbury Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Stanbury (stone fort), in Yorkshire.

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

Stansbury Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stansbury occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Stansbury.

How Common Is The Last Name Stansbury? popularity and diffusion

The last name Stansbury is the 61,635th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 893,410 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Stansbury live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America. Stansbury is also the 1,717,090th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 36 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 7,511 people, or 1 in 48,257. In The United States Stansbury is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 14 percent live, Louisiana, where 9 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 18 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Stansbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stansbury has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stansbury last name grew 553 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 111 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stansbury Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stansbury surname are 14.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.81% registered with the political party.

The amount Stansbury earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 97.4% more than the national average, earning R 469,092 per year; in United States they earn 0.81% more than the national average, earning $43,498 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.49% less than the national average, earning $48,448 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stainsbury9529/
Stansburry9526/
Stansburoy951/
Stansburyo951/
Stansburey950/
Stamsbury894/
Stonsbury890/
Stansburge8445/
Stancburry841/
Steinsbury840/

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