Stoddart Surname

44,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,668 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Stoddart Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. (1) 'the studherd'; v. Studdard.

'A false stodmere,' i.e. studmare: York Mystery Plays.

(2) Possibly the same as Stotherd, which see. With the sharpened forms Stodart and Stoddart, compare Calvert for Calveherd.

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Stoddart Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,4381:16,2072,351
United States2,0751:174,67917,557
Australia1,7141:15,7502,223
Canada1,4761:24,9633,367
Scotland1,0871:4,925830
Jamaica5811:4,940658
New Zealand5651:8,0151,363
Wales1611:19,2212,054
South Africa1271:426,59636,772
Zimbabwe1211:127,58916,979
France541:1,230,050127,496
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Ireland231:204,7368,142
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Guernsey221:2,929767
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
China21:683,660,78330,601
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland491:90,4056,033
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,2631:2,964507
England1,2271:19,8662,832
Wales111:142,5835,610
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2621:191,67416,822

Stoddart (14) may also be a first name.

Stoddart Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. (1) 'the studherd'; v. Studdard.

'A false stodmere,' i.e. studmare: York Mystery Plays.

(2) Possibly the same as Stotherd, which see. With the sharpened forms Stodart and Stoddart, compare Calvert for Calveherd.

1765. Married — George Stoddart and Esther Tallents: St. George, Hanover Square.

1780. — Swinton Stodart and Jane Whinnam: ibid.

1803. — John Jenkins and Mary Stoddard: ibid.

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

(English) Horsekeeper [Middle English Stodhirde, etc.; Old English stód, stud, herd of horses + hierde, heorde, herd, keeper] Walter Stodhirde.—Parl. Writs.

For the vowel-change in the surnames cp. Hardwick.

There has prob. been some confusion with Stothard, q.v.

Cp. Studdard.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who had the care of the horses or oxen.

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

Stoddart: the keeper of the village stots, or bullocks.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Stoddart Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stoddart (Arabic: ستودارت) occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stoddart? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 44,518th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 624,575 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 42 percent of Stoddart reside; 41 percent reside in Northern Europe and 41 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name at a global level, held by 14 people.

This last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 3,438 people, or 1 in 16,207. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Durham, where 12 percent reside, Greater London, where 11 percent reside and Tyne and Wear, where 6 percent reside. Beside England it occurs in 61 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 15 percent reside.

Stoddart Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stoddart has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Stoddart last name expanded 280 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 792 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 14 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,464 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 53 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stoddart Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Stoddart last name is principally Anglican (39%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stoddart surname are 16.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.72% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stoddart earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 17.12% more than the national average, earning R 278,316 per year; in United States they earn 11.75% more than the national average, earning $48,221 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.41% more than the national average, earning $52,868 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Stoddart Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stoddart in the Arabic language
ستودارتstwdart-

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