Stockings Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Stockings 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).
Read More About This SurnameStockings Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 211 | 1:264,067 | 20,991 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 166 | 1:146,840 | 13,053 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
Stockings 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.
Genit., and pl., of Stocking.
Local. De Stocking. H.R. I cannot find the place.
Local. From Stoc, Saxon, a place, and ing, low land, a meadow.
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.
Stockings Demographics
Average Stockings Salary in
England
£20,790
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Stockings Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stockings Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Stockings is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Stockings? popularity and diffusion
The surname Stockings is the 1,121,821st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Stockings live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles.
It is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 264,067. In England it is most common in: Suffolk, where 31 percent live, Greater London, where 18 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 12 percent live. Excluding England this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent live and Iran, where 0 percent live.
Stockings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Stockings has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Stockings surname increased 127 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stickings | 89 | 341 | / |
| Stuckings | 89 | 69 | / |
| Stackings | 89 | 1 | / |
| Steckings | 89 | 0 | / |
| Stokingues | 84 | 1 | / |
| Stukings | 82 | 4 | / |
| Stakings | 82 | 1 | / |
| Satokangas | 74 | 218 | / |
| Stichiangsa | 70 | 1 | / |
| Stiggings | 67 | 1 | / |
| Satukangas | 63 | 72 | / |
| Stoukonikos | 60 | 1 | / |
| Sadack-Ngos | 60 | 1 | / |
| Sawatkongsi | 60 | 1 | / |
| Sticknex | 59 | 1 | / |
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