Stedman Surname

45,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Dominica

Stedman 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.

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Stedman Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,2181:58,2926,905
England2,4601:22,6503,165
Australia1,3511:19,9822,773
Canada3681:100,12410,876
New Zealand1851:24,4774,275
South Africa1391:389,76834,651
Ireland1371:34,3722,882
Wales1281:24,1762,540
Dominica761:999210
Scotland391:137,2778,372
France351:1,897,792163,564
Jamaica211:136,6644,886
United States Virgin Islands151:7,3581,106
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Saint Lucia61:29,7971,820
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
China21:683,660,78330,601
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland681:65,1454,955
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7311:14,0822,111
Wales991:15,843942
Scotland331:113,4315,331
Guernsey71:4,665827
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8851:26,6413,279

Stedman (440) may also be a first name.

Stedman 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.

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

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the steadman,' one who occupied a stead, a farmer; v. Stead.

Richard Stedeman, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Gilbert de Stedman, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Simon le Stedman, 35 Edward I: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.

John le Stedman, 1306. Writs of Parliament.

Johannes Stedeman, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Stedeman. 1379: ibid.

1553. Married — Wyflyam Nevell and Jone Steedman: St. Michael, Cornhill.

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

STEDMAN, Steedman, Stuidman: From provincial English stead, a farmhouse and offices, + man. Symon le Stedeman was received to the English king's peace in 1321 (Bain, III, 724). Steidman is found in Angus, 1505 (RAA., II, 448), Charles Studeman was "cuik at the Canongait port," Edinburgh, 1572 (Diur. Occ., p. 303), and William Stuidman was reidare at Auchterderay, 1574 (RMR.). Alexander Steidman was retoured heir in croft and toft in vill Kinross, 1621 (Retours, Kinross, 6), James Stuidman was heir of Robert Stuidman, servitor S. D. N. Regis charissimæ matris, 1633 (Inquis., 1950), and Janet Stoodman appears in Edinburgh in 1643 (Edinb. Marr.). Chalmers (History of Dunfermline) has a genealogy of the Stedmans of Baldridge, Fife. John le Stedman is recorded in English Parliamentary Writs in 1306. Stidman 1688.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

= Steadman, q.v.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A place enclosed, a station or standing place. Stad, and stede, in Dutch, signifies a town.

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

Steadman: a farmer occupying a homestead.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

The Stedmans may possess an ancestor in Canon Stedman of Canterbury Cathedral in 1739, afterwards Archdeacon of Norfolk (H.); and the Stunts may claim kinship with the rector of Eythorne in 1569, who bore the name of Stynte (H.).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Stedman Demographics

Average Male Stedman Height

177.59 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 76 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Stedman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stedman (Russian: Стедман) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stedman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 45,949th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 646,002 people. The surname Stedman is predominantly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Stedman are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 408,694th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 440 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 6,218 people, or 1 in 58,292. In The United States Stedman is most numerous in: California, where 10 percent live, New York, where 6 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

Stedman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stedman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stedman surname grew 330 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 142 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 201 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 129 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 118 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stedman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Stedman surname is chiefly Anglican (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Stedman last name are 11.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.12% registered with the political party.

The amount Stedman earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 25.94% more than the national average, earning R 299,292 per year; in United States they earn 2.42% more than the national average, earning $44,194 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10% more than the national average, earning $54,652 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Steadman9317,896/
Steedman933,381/
Stedmann9324/
Steidman9319/
Steddman932/
Steudman932/
Stiedman932/
Steademan887/
Steadmand882/
Steadhman882/
Steadmman880/
Steideman880/
Stidman86470/
Stadman86300/
Stedmon8670/
Stodman864/
Stedmam861/
Steidemann8230/
D'Steedman821/
Steademann820/
Steadmon80136/
Stedmond80103/
Staidman801/
Steedmam800/
Steadmam800/
Staadman800/
Steadmond753/
Steudmein750/
Stidmon71151/
Staidemann710/
Stadmon710/
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Stedman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stedman in the Russian language
Стедманstedman-

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