Stocker Surname

15,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,752 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Stocker Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the stocker,' possibly one who lived by a stub, stock, or stump. But more probably occupative. 'Stockers, persons employed to fell or grub up trees. West England' (Halliwell). With this rendering, compare Grubber.

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Stocker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,0251:40,1624,943
Germany6,6901:12,0341,541
Switzerland6,0441:1,359103
Austria4,4031:1,934149
England3,6051:15,4562,263
Brazil9991:214,2898,260
France9971:66,6239,190
Australia9611:28,0913,822
Italy6851:89,28015,442
Canada5431:67,8567,823
Hungary2741:35,8263,895
New Zealand2671:16,9602,965
Wales1291:23,9892,518
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
South Africa1061:511,11041,270
Argentina1031:414,98531,631
Dominican Republic1001:104,3294,466
Netherlands951:177,76025,545
Chile851:207,2536,537
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Spain581:806,07033,159
Scotland531:101,0156,880
Thailand421:1,681,865216,672
Belgium341:338,13737,845
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Liechtenstein221:1,744183
Panama151:260,8176,584
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Romania91:2,230,87454,437
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Norway81:642,78647,258
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
China71:195,331,65210,124
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guam11:160,1214,893
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland271:164,0698,499
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5671:15,5552,297
Wales301:52,2812,643
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6541:30,3623,669

The alternate forms: Stöcker (9,425) are calculated separately.

Stocker (437) may also be a first name.

Stocker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the stocker,' possibly one who lived by a stub, stock, or stump. But more probably occupative. 'Stockers, persons employed to fell or grub up trees. West England' (Halliwell). With this rendering, compare Grubber.

1260. Walter le Stockere: Cal. of Wills in Court of Husting.

Elena le Stocker, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Alan Stayker, Lincolnshire, ibid.

John Stokker, Close Rolls, 28 Henry VI.

1740. Buried — Mary Stocker: St. Mary Aldermary (London).

1794. Married — Alex.' Stoker and Mary Maria Cook: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

STOKAR: From occupation. In the west of England stokers were "persons employed to fell or grub up trees" (Halliwell, Dictionary of archaic and provincial words, s.v.). John Stokar admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1446 (NSCM., I, p. 11).

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

(English) 1 = Stock (q.v.) + the agential suff. -er.

(later) 2 a Grubber-Up (of tree-stumps) [Dialectal English stock, to grub or root up] 3 conf. with Stoker, q.v.

Elena le Stocker.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.

Walter Stokker.—Inq. ad q. Damn., c. A.D. 1440.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller near a tree stump; dweller near a footbridge; one employed in grubbing up trees.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

In the West of England, to stock means to root up, and a stocker is a man employed to fell or grub up trees. Halliwell. Stocker, without prefix, is found in H.R.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

One who has charge of a furnace.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

One who stocks, stores, or supplies. Stalker, one who stalks, a fowler who goes warily and softly in pursuit of his game.

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

Same as Stocker (found in H.R. ). In the West of England a stocker is one employed to fell or grub up trees.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the German, Stöcker; from the Flemish, Stocquart; a personal name.

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

Stocker Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stocker is most common in The United States. It may also be found as a variant: Stöcker. For other potential spellings of Stocker click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stocker? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stocker is the 15,590th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 203,836 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Stocker live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 410,164th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 437 people.

The surname Stocker is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 9,025 people, or 1 in 40,162. In The United States Stocker is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 8 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Michigan, where 5 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 83 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 19 percent are found and Switzerland, where 17 percent are found.

Stocker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stocker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Stocker surname expanded 546 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 230 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 430 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,060 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stocker Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Stocker last name is primarily Anglican (52%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stocker surname are 12.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.78% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stocker earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.44% more than the national average, earning 385,658 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 85.66% more than the national average, earning R 441,204 per year; in United States they earn 3.77% more than the national average, earning $44,777 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $52,549 CAD per year.

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