Stocker Surname
Approximately 35,752 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameStocker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9,025 | 1:40,162 | 4,943 |
| Germany | 6,690 | 1:12,034 | 1,541 |
| Switzerland | 6,044 | 1:1,359 | 103 |
| Austria | 4,403 | 1:1,934 | 149 |
| England | 3,605 | 1:15,456 | 2,263 |
| Brazil | 999 | 1:214,289 | 8,260 |
| France | 997 | 1:66,623 | 9,190 |
| Australia | 961 | 1:28,091 | 3,822 |
| Italy | 685 | 1:89,280 | 15,442 |
| Canada | 543 | 1:67,856 | 7,823 |
| Hungary | 274 | 1:35,826 | 3,895 |
| New Zealand | 267 | 1:16,960 | 2,965 |
| Wales | 129 | 1:23,989 | 2,518 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| South Africa | 106 | 1:511,110 | 41,270 |
| Argentina | 103 | 1:414,985 | 31,631 |
| Dominican Republic | 100 | 1:104,329 | 4,466 |
| Netherlands | 95 | 1:177,760 | 25,545 |
| Chile | 85 | 1:207,253 | 6,537 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Spain | 58 | 1:806,070 | 33,159 |
| Scotland | 53 | 1:101,015 | 6,880 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Liechtenstein | 22 | 1:1,744 | 183 |
| Panama | 15 | 1:260,817 | 6,584 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Romania | 9 | 1:2,230,874 | 54,437 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 27 | 1:164,069 | 8,499 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,567 | 1:15,555 | 2,297 |
| Wales | 30 | 1:52,281 | 2,643 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Guernsey | 3 | 1:10,885 | 1,562 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,654 | 1:30,362 | 3,669 |
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.
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).
(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.
(English) Dweller near a tree stump; dweller near a footbridge; one employed in grubbing up trees.
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.
One who has charge of a furnace.
One who stocks, stores, or supplies. Stalker, one who stalks, a fowler who goes warily and softly in pursuit of his game.
Same as Stocker (found in H.R. ). In the West of England a stocker is one employed to fell or grub up trees.
From the German, Stöcker; from the Flemish, Stocquart; a personal name.
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Stocker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stocker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Stocker has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur as a variant: Stöcker. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Stocker? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,590th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 203,836 people. The last name Stocker occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Stocker are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 47 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 410,164th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 437 people.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 9,025 people, or 1 in 40,162. In The United States Stocker is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 8 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Michigan, where 5 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname exists in 83 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent reside and Switzerland, where 17 percent reside.
Stocker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Stocker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Stocker surname grew 546 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 230 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 430 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 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 principally Anglican (52%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Stocker surname are 12.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.78% registered with the political 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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