Stormont Surname

365,146th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 988 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Stormont Surname Definition:

From Stormont, a district in Perthshire. The name is a rare one. Richard Stormonth witnessed an instrument of sasine in the barony of Banff, 1507 (Bamff, p. 45). Agnes Starmount in Overlangriggs, 1658 (Dumfries). James Stormonth (1825-1882), philologist and lexicographer.

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Stormont Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5441:666,28553,204
England1511:368,99426,171
New Zealand1081:41,9297,008
Australia631:428,50333,982
Scotland571:93,9276,548
Canada431:856,87466,382
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1661:22,5492,141
England641:380,86523,394
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1731:290,28123,212

Stormont Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Stormont, a district in Perthshire. The name is a rare one. Richard Stormonth witnessed an instrument of sasine in the barony of Banff, 1507 (Bamff, p. 45). Agnes Starmount in Overlangriggs, 1658 (Dumfries). James Stormonth (1825-1882), philologist and lexicographer.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

. belonging to Stormont (Perth), a.d. 1192 Starmonthe (Johnson) [If the name is Celtic, the second element must be Gaelic monadh = Welsh mynydd, a mountain-range (but Gaelic monadh now means a moor, heath), and the first element may be Gaelic stor, a steep cliff, broken teeth; but perh. more likely the name is Teutonic, viz. late Old English stór, Old Norse stórr, great + Old English munt, borr. from Latin mons, montis, a mountain (cognate, in any case, with the above Celtic words]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Stormont Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stormont is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Stormont? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 365,146th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 7,376,059 people. The surname Stormont occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Stormont are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Stormont is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 544 people, or 1 in 666,285. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 15 percent live, Florida, where 7 percent live and New York, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent live and New Zealand, where 11 percent live.

Stormont Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stormont has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Stormont last name grew 314 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 236 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 66 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stormont Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Stormont last name is predominantly Presbyterian (90%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Stormont surname are 13.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.32% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Stormont earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.72% more than the national average, earning $47,773 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.42% more than the national average, earning $52,873 CAD per year.

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