Stocken Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Stocken Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the stocking,' i.e. the little stock, a diminutive of Stock, which see. Curiously enough, the article of dress so called is a diminutive of the same word (v. stocking, Skeat's Dictionary).

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Stocken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2221:250,98220,313
South Africa591:918,26658,838
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1001:243,75417,902
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

The alternate forms: Stöcken (134) are calculated separately.

Stocken Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the stocking,' i.e. the little stock, a diminutive of Stock, which see. Curiously enough, the article of dress so called is a diminutive of the same word (v. stocking, Skeat's Dictionary).

Edmund del Stocking, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1759- Married — John Stocking (Norfolk) and Elizabeth Wright: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

A Middle English pl. form of Stock, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local. De Stocking. H.R. I cannot find the place.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. From Stoc, Saxon, a place, and ing, low land, a meadow.

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

From some local name compounded of Anglo-Saxon ing, a meadow. Stocken is a surname, and De Stocking is found in H.R. See Stock.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Stockend; a location name in Warwickshire, Worcestershire.

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

Stocken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stocken is most common in England. It may appear as a variant: Stöcken. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stocken? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 757,040th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Stocken are found; 59 percent are found in Northern Europe and 59 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Stocken is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 222 people, or 1 in 250,982. In England it is most common in: Nottinghamshire, where 25 percent reside, Kent, where 14 percent reside and Greater London, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Stocken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stocken has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Stocken last name expanded 222 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 127 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Stocken Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Stocken last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stocken earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 12.82% less than the national average, earning R 207,168 per year; in United States they earn 2.23% less than the national average, earning $42,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.05% less than the national average, earning $46,182 CAD per year.

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