Stillingfleet Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Stillingfleet Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stillingfleet,' a parish in East Riding of Yorks, seven miles from York.

Henricus de Stilyngflete, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Stilyngflete, 1379: ibid.

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Stillingfleet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:2,063,63279,942
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970

Stillingfleet Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stillingfleet,' a parish in East Riding of Yorks, seven miles from York.

Henricus de Stilyngflete, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Stilyngflete, 1379: ibid.

Willelmus de Styllyngflete, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.

1587. Married — Robert Lockson and Alice Stullingflet: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1783. — Rev. James Stillingfleet and Elizabeth Hale: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Stilling- fleet (Yorks), 14th cent. Stilyngflete, Domesday Steflingeflet, Anglo-Saxon *Stifelinga-fléot— the Stream of the Stifel Family [the pers. name is from (with suff. -el) Old English stif, hard, firm, inflexible + -inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing + fléot, a stream, water]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Yorkshire, the original abode of the family.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Yorkshire.

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

Stillingfleet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stillingfleet occurs most in England. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stillingfleet? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Stillingfleet live; 87 percent live in Northern Europe and 87 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Stillingfleet is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England it is most numerous in: Lincolnshire, where 41 percent live, Buckinghamshire, where 37 percent live and Cornwall, where 15 percent live. Aside from England it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live.

Stillingfleet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Stillingfleet has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Stillingfleet surname declined 10 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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