Stoop Surname

59,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Stoop Surname Definition:

(Scandinavian) Dweller at a Post, Pillar, or Column [North. English: Old Norse stólpi, whence Dano-Norwegian stolpe, a post, prop] “Stoop, a post, a gate-post of stone or wood,”—Glos?, Dialectal Lonsdale, p. 81.

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Stoop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4,0161:4,205406
South Africa1,5881:34,1174,359
Belgium1,1161:10,3021,476
Switzerland5851:14,0392,314
United States4611:786,24560,824
France3191:208,22232,359
Canada1251:294,76527,374
England811:687,87739,238
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
Germany451:1,789,010101,917
Australia361:749,88148,970
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1141:440,51531,974

Stoop (94) may also be a first name.

Stoop Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scandinavian) Dweller at a Post, Pillar, or Column [North. English: Old Norse stólpi, whence Dano-Norwegian stolpe, a post, prop] “Stoop, a post, a gate-post of stone or wood,”—Glos?, Dialectal Lonsdale, p. 81.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Dutch, Stub, Stoop; a personal name.

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

User-submitted Reference

Stoop is an Old Dutch word. It was used for a specific jar and is an obsolete unit of measurement that equals about 2.4 litres. They used the jar for beer.

- judith

Stoop Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stoop is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stoop? popularity and diffusion

Stoop is the 59,269th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 855,647 people. The surname Stoop occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Stoop are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Stoop is also the 980,251st most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 94 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 4,016 people, or 1 in 4,205. In The Netherlands Stoop is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 33 percent reside, North Brabant, where 31 percent reside and South Holland, where 17 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands it occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 19 percent reside and Belgium, where 13 percent reside.

Stoop Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stoop has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 404 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stoop Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Stoop last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stoop surname are 31.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 78.35% registered with the party.

The amount Stoop earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.36% more than the national average, earning R 433,356 per year; in United States they earn 19.46% more than the national average, earning $51,545 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.34% more than the national average, earning $57,800 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stoops916,920/
Stoope9127/
Sthoop918/
Stoopf914/
Stop89164/
Stoo8939/
Stopp802,816/
Stops80630/
Stoos80606/
Stooß80560/
Stoup80495/
Stoot80441/
Stope80356/
Shtop80307/
Stoob80192/
Stoep8097/
Stopf8054/
Stood8048/
Sztop8042/
Stoph8017/
Shtoo8013/
Stohp8011/
Sthoo807/
Stotp801/
Stoopová771/
Sto75304/
Stoots731,429/
Stoppe73747/
Stopps73587/
Stooss73409/
Stophe73197/
Stoodt73161/
Stoupe73139/
Stouph7324/
Shtooy7317/
Stoups732/
Shtoos732/
Stoosz732/
Stoosh732/
Stoipe732/
Stoepp731/
Stooyh731/
Sttops731/
Stoott731/
Stoupt730/
Stootz730/
Stooth730/
Stopfe730/
Stophs730/
Sthopp730/
Stoy672,429/
Stap671,422/
Stos67815/
Shto67768/
Stup67648/
Stob67602/
Stoß67562/
Stoa67474/
Stoi67336/
Stoj67308/
Stojova67292/
Stoś67219/
Stoz67170/
Stohova6792/
Szto6784/
Stouppe6781/
Stopová6770/
Stou6765/
Stoh6760/
Stoyova6759/
Stot6731/
Stojová6731/
Stov6717/
Stopova6717/
Stod6715/
Stho679/
Stoyová678/
Stoš677/
Ztop675/
Stobova674/
Stgo673/
Jsto673/
Stto672/
Hsto671/
Sdto671/
Shchtoo671/
Schtoep670/
Stoosss670/

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