Stead Surname
Approximately 19,239 people bear this surname
Stead Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the stead,' a place, a station, a settlement; compare homestead, market-stead (= market-place). A great Yorkshire surname. The Market-place, Manchester, was the Market-stead till the close of the last century.
Read More About This SurnameStead Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9,342 | 1:5,964 | 855 |
| United States | 3,680 | 1:98,494 | 10,953 |
| Australia | 1,844 | 1:14,640 | 2,071 |
| Canada | 1,564 | 1:23,559 | 3,203 |
| South Africa | 703 | 1:77,066 | 9,556 |
| New Zealand | 596 | 1:7,598 | 1,297 |
| Wales | 341 | 1:9,075 | 1,004 |
| Scotland | 256 | 1:20,913 | 2,415 |
| Ecuador | 122 | 1:130,376 | 6,777 |
| France | 122 | 1:544,449 | 74,270 |
| Iran | 110 | 1:698,023 | 36,723 |
| Zimbabwe | 88 | 1:175,435 | 21,257 |
| Thailand | 79 | 1:894,156 | 140,446 |
| Northern Ireland | 57 | 1:32,369 | 3,269 |
| Spain | 47 | 1:994,724 | 37,216 |
| Jersey | 34 | 1:2,918 | 527 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Ireland | 19 | 1:247,839 | 9,475 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Isle of Man | 16 | 1:5,364 | 1,196 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10 | 1:5,520 | 561 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Saint Lucia | 5 | 1:35,756 | 1,958 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 46 | 1:96,301 | 6,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6,038 | 1:4,037 | 582 |
| Wales | 64 | 1:24,507 | 1,407 |
| Scotland | 33 | 1:113,431 | 5,331 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 886 | 1:56,680 | 6,321 |
Stead (234) may also be a first name.
Stead Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the stead,' a place, a station, a settlement; compare homestead, market-stead (= market-place). A great Yorkshire surname. The Market-place, Manchester, was the Market-stead till the close of the last century. The Market-stead, Ulverston, is commonly so set down in the parish registers till 1790.
John Stede, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Robertas del Stede, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Ricardus del Stede, 1379: ibid.
Petrus del Stede, 1379: ibid.
Laurence del Stede, 1379: ibid.
1589. Baptised — Katherne, d. John Steade: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) Dweller at a Farmstead [Prov. English stead, ‘a farmhouse and offices’; Middle English Old English stede, a place (=Dut. and Scandinavian stad, a town] Richard de Stede.— Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1275-6.
Ricardus del Stede.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
There are occasionally dialectal variations of the signification given above, e.g.— “Stead: an unenclosed plot on a mountain or common on which certain parties have defined rights . . .”.—Cumberl. Gloss., p. 94.
“Farmer” in Old English. (Compare “Homestead”.)
(English, Welsh) Dweller at a dairy farm.
Anglo-Saxon stcade, a stead, station, or place. Halliw says. ' a farm house and offices.' A Steadman was therefore a farmer, or perhaps a farm-bailiff.
A place enclosed, a station or standing place. Stad, and stede, in Dutch, signifies a town.
From Stidd; a location name in Lancashire Or Stydd, Derbyshire.
Stead: (Anglo-Saxon), a home: Hampstead, Ringstead, Greenstead, Felsted, Wellstead. Stedman is a farmer; Westhead is the western stead.
Stead is usually a characteristic Yorkshire name. A family of Steade owned More Hall in Bolsterstone during the greater part of last century (H. H).
The Steads are now found mostly in Yorkshire, but the name has long been represented in the English border shires of Wales. Between 1600 and 1663, four of the bailiffs of Leominster, Herefordshire, bore this name (Townsend), and the name is now established in Monmouthshire.
Stead Demographics
Average Male Stead Height
176.3 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Stead Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stead Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Stead is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Stead? popularity and diffusion
Stead is the 27,941st most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 378,790 people. The last name Stead occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Stead live; 52 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in British Isles. Stead is also the 585,759th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 234 people.
The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 9,342 people, or 1 in 5,964. In England Stead is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 28 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 8 percent live and Greater London, where 7 percent live. Beside England this last name is found in 64 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.
Stead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Stead has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Stead surname expanded 155 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 415 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 533 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 776 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 59 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Stead Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Stead surname is primarily Presbyterian (39%) in Ireland.
In The United States Stead are 10.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.74% being registered with the party.
The amount Stead earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.83% less than the national average, earning 291,296 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 53.53% more than the national average, earning R 364,848 per year; in United States they earn 6.02% more than the national average, earning $45,747 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.61% less than the national average, earning $49,378 CAD per year.
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