Stringer Surname

12,823rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43,777 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Stringer Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the stringer,' a manufacturer of cord or twine; compare Stringfellow, Corder, Roper, or Raper. No doubt the Stringer made the special cord for bows. It is a common Yorkshire entry in the 14th century.

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Stringer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States22,9361:15,8032,012
England11,1331:5,005696
Australia4,2691:6,324923
Canada2,0871:17,6552,515
New Zealand1,0551:4,292671
South Africa7311:74,1159,212
Wales2781:11,1311,238
Northern Ireland2231:8,2741,389
Scotland1801:29,7433,095
France1641:405,01759,459
Ireland1581:29,8032,648
Netherlands1191:141,90921,612
Thailand691:1,023,744155,957
Spain511:916,70735,562
United Arab Emirates491:186,98512,996
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
Isle of Man221:3,901846
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Malta181:23,9041,289
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
India51:153,413,076951,030
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
China31:455,773,85521,925
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Samoa11:193,8081,089
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3001:14,7661,897
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,9051:4,128605
Wales451:34,8541,900
Scotland171:220,1897,953
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2991:15,2221,954

Stringer (57) may also be a first name.

Stringer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the stringer,' a manufacturer of cord or twine; compare Stringfellow, Corder, Roper, or Raper. No doubt the Stringer made the special cord for bows. It is a common Yorkshire entry in the 14th century.

Godwynn Strenger, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Willelmus Strynger, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Strenger, 1379: ibid.

Ricardus Stryngar, 1379: ibid.

1574. Married — Richard Collie and Bettres Stringer: St Mary Aldermary (London).

1575. George Stringar, Staffordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1646. John Stringer, of Nantwich, victualler: Wills at Chester.

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

From the occupation, "one who makes strings for bows." Laurence Stringhar admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1486 (NSCM., I, p. 32).

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

(English) String- or Cord-Maker (esp. a maker of bow-strings) [Old English streng (= Old Norse streng-r), string, rope + the agential suff. -ere] Both Strenger and Strynger occur in Yorkshire in the 14th cent.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who made strings for bows.

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

One who made or fitted the strings to the bows in the time of archery.

"In war if a string break, the man is lost and is no man, and his weapon is gone, and although he have two strings put on at once, yet he shah have small leisure and less room to bend his bow, therefore, God send us good stringers both for war and peace."—Ascham.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

STRINGER: In the days of archery, a maker of bow-strings. Nares's Glossary.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

And Stringfellow (English), Bow-string maker.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

From the Dutch, Strenger; from the German, Stringer; a personal name.

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

Stringer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stringer (Arabic: سترنجر, Russian: Стрингер) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stringer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 12,823rd most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 166,470 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Stringer reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 57 people.

The last name Stringer is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 22,936 people, or 1 in 15,803. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 14 percent live, Mississippi, where 9 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this surname is found in 68 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Stringer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stringer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stringer last name rose 695 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 618 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,059 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 47 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Stringer Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (76%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stringer last name are 12.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.72% registered with the party.

The amount Stringer earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 14.01% more than the national average, earning R 270,936 per year; in United States they earn 3.15% less than the national average, earning $41,788 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.93% more than the national average, earning $51,634 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Stringer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stringer in the Russian language
Стрингерstringer-
Stringer in the Arabic language
سترنجرstrnjr-

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