Stonley Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Stonley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stonley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1501:371,45426,286
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:658,79432,071
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Stonley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stonley is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Stonley click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stonley? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,163,787th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name Stonley occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Stonley reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 73 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Stonley is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 371,454. In England it is most numerous in: Merseyside, where 17 percent live, West Sussex, where 16 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account England this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Stonley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stonley has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Stonley last name increased 405 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 122 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Stonley Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Stonley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 267.86% more than the national average, earning R 874,164 per year; in United States they earn 37.63% less than the national average, earning $26,911 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.4% less than the national average, earning $45,011 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Stonley
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