Stocking Surname

122,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,734 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Stocking 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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Stocking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9461:123,03413,106
England5291:105,32711,029
Canada1471:250,65023,792
Wales331:93,7747,567
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
France21:33,211,361423,184
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2411:101,14310,189
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9611:52,2575,901

The alternate forms: Stöcking (6) are calculated separately.

Stocking (15) may also be a first name.

Stocking 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

(English and Scandinavian) belonging to Stocking (13th cent. Stocking); or Dweller at the Tree-Stump or Trunk Meadow [Old English stoc(c = Old Norse stokk-r + Old English ing = Old Norse eng, a meadow]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) One who came from Stocking (enclosed), in Scotland.

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

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

A location name in Hertfordshire Or from the Dutch, Stokkink; a personal name.$

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

Stocking Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stocking is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Stöcking. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stocking? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 122,453rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,951,673 people. The surname Stocking occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Stocking live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America. Stocking is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2,946 people, or 1 in 123,034. In The United States Stocking is most prevalent in: California, where 16 percent live, Utah, where 10 percent live and Michigan, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Stocking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stocking has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stocking last name rose 307 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 220 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 471 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stocking Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Stocking last name are 6.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.78% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stocking earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8.96% more than the national average, earning $47,013 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.05% less than the national average, earning $43,197 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stöcking966/
Stoecking944/
Stoocking941/
Stoking9311/
Stokking88158/
Stecking8860/
Stucking887/
Stacking881/
Stoeking880/
Stuckings8269/
Stackings821/
Staking8011/
Stokeng801/
Stuking800/
Stokkink75401/
Stukings754/
Stakings751/
Stakking750/
Stauching715/
Stekeng6765/
Stakeng674/
Schtaching671/
Stakkeng633/

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