Stanton Surname

7,804th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72,862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Stanton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stanton,' townships in Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Northumberland; also parishes in Gloucestershire, Suffolk, Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire, Derbyshire, Somerset, Dorset, and Oxfordshire; v.

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Stanton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States48,1091:7,534896
England11,8381:4,707649
Australia5,6461:4,781693
Canada2,2121:16,6572,403
South Africa1,0001:54,1786,885
New Zealand9161:4,944795
Wales5661:5,467610
Scotland5031:10,6441,459
Tanzania4711:112,40310,822
Ireland1831:25,7322,418
France1641:405,01759,459
Guyana1131:6,7451,132
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Jamaica841:34,1662,394
Northern Ireland751:24,6002,768
Thailand641:1,103,724164,273
Germany611:1,319,76283,187
Spain511:916,70735,562
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Zimbabwe391:395,85235,770
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Philippines331:3,067,825142,207
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Chile271:652,46215,367
India251:30,682,615377,978
Barbados231:12,498851
Israel211:407,50632,346
United States Virgin Islands211:5,256808
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Mexico161:7,757,88835,569
Solomon Islands161:36,2527,281
Italy141:4,368,335106,343
Gibraltar131:2,612585
Trinidad and Tobago131:104,9216,882
Bermuda121:5,440820
Isle of Man121:7,1521,559
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Panama121:326,0227,351
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Hong Kong101:733,5483,685
China91:151,924,6187,954
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Malta41:107,5681,849
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Honduras31:2,938,8147,190
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominica11:75,891912
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland9461:4,683797
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,7431:4,244631
Wales1321:11,882719
Scotland1091:34,3412,786
Guernsey71:4,665827
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,9171:4,600568

Stanton (8,468) may also be a first name.

Stanton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stanton,' townships in Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Northumberland; also parishes in Gloucestershire, Suffolk, Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire, Derbyshire, Somerset, Dorset, and Oxfordshire; v. Stainton.

Alice de Stanton, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter de Stanton, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Edmund de Stanton, Wiltshire, ibid.

1615. Francis Stanton, Bedfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1619. Henry Stanton or Staunton, Cornwall: ibid.

1624-5. Married — Arthur Stanten and Elizabeth Clapen: St. Dionis Backchurch.

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

(English) belonging to Stanton = 1 the Stone Dwelling(s.

2 the Dwelling(s or Farmstead by the Stone(s or Rock(s [Old English stán, stone, rock + (tún, farmstead, etc.] Stántún occurs fairly frequently in deeds of the A,-Saxon period: in Latin charters typically "in loco qui dicitur Stantún" (without vowel-marks); in A.-Saxon documents ‘'æt Stántúne" (dat. case). Stanton is the usual form in the 13th-cent. Hundred- Rolls. At Stanton-Drew, Soms., are “circles of large stones”; at Stanton-Harcourt, Oxon, are “a number of large stones called the Devil’s Coits"; and in descriptions of several of our Stantons particular mention is made of stone-quarries.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Stanton (homestead on stony ground), the name of many places in England.

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

Parishes, &c., in many counties are so called.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From stan, a stone, and ton, a hill or town.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Salop, Somerset, Wiltshire.

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

Stanton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stanton (Arabic: ستانتن, Marathi: टंटोन) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Stanton.

How Common Is The Last Name Stanton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stanton is the 7,804th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 100,018 people. The surname Stanton is primarily found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Stanton are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Stanton is also the 68,501st most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 8,468 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 48,109 people, or 1 in 7,534. In The United States Stanton is most common in: California, where 9 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States Stanton occurs in 104 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Stanton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stanton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 441 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 206 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 429 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 461 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 81 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stanton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (94%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stanton last name are 8.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.68% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stanton earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.93% less than the national average, earning 256,328 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 78.36% more than the national average, earning R 423,840 per year; in United States they earn 3.3% more than the national average, earning $44,571 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.04% more than the national average, earning $53,678 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Staunton936,558/
Stainton933,168/
Stannton9310/
Statnton936/
Standton935/
Stantone934/
Stantton934/
Stantonn933/
Steanton931/
Sstanton930/
Stantoine8889/
Steaunton881/
Stonton8637/
Stantan8620/
Stantom864/
Stamton862/
Stantonová822/
Stantane803/
Stanthan802/
Steinton800/
Stauntan800/
Stounton800/
Stantum711/
Stomton710/
Steintún6717/
Steintun674/
Stontan572/

Stanton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stanton in the Marathi language
टंटोनtantona66.67
टॅन्टोनtentona16.67
सॅन्टोनsentona16.67
Stanton in the Arabic language
ستانتنstantn-
ستانتونstantwn-

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