Stockdale Surname

41,824th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Stockdale Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stockdale,' one of the dales in North England. I have failed to identify it. The surname is fairly familiar in the northern counties, and has crossed the Atlantic. Probably the locality will be found in Yorkshire, on the borders of Westmoreland.

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Stockdale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,8031:62,4617,321
England3,6621:15,2152,240
Australia1,4991:18,0092,520
Canada6451:57,1256,749
New Zealand2131:21,2603,728
South Africa1361:398,36535,171
Northern Ireland1301:14,1931,982
Scotland1011:53,0084,503
Wales741:41,8184,057
Ireland351:134,5416,387
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Isle of Man181:4,7681,008
Malta181:23,9041,289
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
China51:273,464,31313,838
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
France41:16,605,680368,153
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Belize11:355,4743,977
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1131:39,2023,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2901:10,6441,620
Scotland201:187,1617,190
Wales191:82,5483,796
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9851:50,9835,776

Stockdale (12) may also be a first name.

Stockdale Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stockdale,' one of the dales in North England. I have failed to identify it. The surname is fairly familiar in the northern counties, and has crossed the Atlantic. Probably the locality will be found in Yorkshire, on the borders of Westmoreland.

Willelmus de Stokdale, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Stokdele, 1379: ibid.

1593. Gregory Stocdaile or Stockdale, Yorkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1624. Francis Stockdale, of Aynsome: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

1695. Margaret Stockdall, of Warton: ibid.

1731. Married — Thomas Stockdale and Elizabeth Colly: St. George, Hanover Square.

1773. — Edward Stockdell and Sarah Gooch: ibid.

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

(English and Scandinavian) belonging to Stockdale (Yorks, Westmd., etc.) = the Tree-Stump Valley [Old English stoc(c = Old Norse stokk-r, a tree-stump, trunk, log + Old English dal = Old Norse dal-r, a valley] One of the Yorks Stockdales was Stokdale in the 14th cent.

There is a Stockdalewath [Old Norse wað, a ford] in Cumberland.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Cumberland.

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

Stockdale Last Name Facts

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

Stockdale occurs most in The United States. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stockdale? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 41,824th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 583,985 people. The last name Stockdale is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Stockdale reside; 44 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 12 people.

The surname Stockdale is most common in The United States, where it is held by 5,803 people, or 1 in 62,461. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 11 percent live, Ohio, where 8 percent live and Tennessee, where 5 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 43 countries. It is also found in England, where 29 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

Stockdale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stockdale has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stockdale last name increased 589 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 160 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 505 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 389 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 69 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stockdale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Stockdale last name is chiefly Anglican (82%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stockdale surname are 19.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.89% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stockdale earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 125.05% more than the national average, earning R 534,816 per year; in United States they earn 2.67% more than the national average, earning $44,301 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.02% more than the national average, earning $52,676 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stockdaile9510/
Stockdales953/
Stockdeale951/
Stockdal943/
Stocdale941/
Stokdale940/
Stockdall89135/
Stuckdale892/
Stoukdale891/
Stockdail890/
Steckdale890/
Stockdile890/
Stackdale890/
Stokdal88100/
Stogdale82244/
Stokdahl825/
Stokdall823/
Stocdall820/
Stogdal750/
Stogdall710/
Stagdale710/
Stakdol631/

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