Staward Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Staward Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Staward Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:1,114,36153,243
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Staward (25) may also be a first name.

Staward Last Name Facts

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

Staward occurs most in England. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Staward? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,352,516th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. Staward is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Staward live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in British Isles. Staward is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent forename globally, held by 25 people.

Staward is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 1,114,361. In England it is most common in: Tyne and Wear, where 64 percent are found, Hertfordshire, where 22 percent are found and Cambridgeshire, where 2 percent are found. Outside of England this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 17 percent are found and Liberia, where 3 percent are found.

Staward Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Staward has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 263 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 157 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 93 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 Staward
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