Stroud Surname
Approximately 42,555 people bear this surname
Stroud Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Stroud,' a parish in Gloucestershire; v. Strode, (2) 'of Strood,' a parish in Kent For further instances, v. Strode.
Edytha atte Stroude, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Read More About This SurnameStroud Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32,187 | 1:11,261 | 1,400 |
| England | 5,796 | 1:9,613 | 1,419 |
| Canada | 1,490 | 1:24,729 | 3,341 |
| Australia | 1,280 | 1:21,090 | 2,926 |
| South Africa | 542 | 1:99,959 | 12,125 |
| Wales | 359 | 1:8,620 | 954 |
| New Zealand | 268 | 1:16,897 | 2,950 |
| Scotland | 152 | 1:35,222 | 3,441 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 58 | 1:101 | 24 |
| Israel | 46 | 1:186,036 | 18,427 |
| Spain | 37 | 1:1,263,569 | 42,239 |
| Malta | 36 | 1:11,952 | 723 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 33 | 1:41,333 | 3,849 |
| Northern Ireland | 28 | 1:65,894 | 4,901 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Falkland Islands | 4 | 1:783 | 169 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,990 | 1:8,152 | 1,246 |
| Wales | 106 | 1:14,796 | 873 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,296 | 1:11,690 | 1,518 |
Stroud (127) may also be a first name.
Stroud Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Stroud,' a parish in Gloucestershire; v. Strode, (2) 'of Strood,' a parish in Kent For further instances, v. Strode.
Edytha atte Stroude, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Matilda atte Strode, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Thomas atte Strode, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
1641. Buried — Ann, d. Nicholas Stroude: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1652. Married — Thomas Harlackenden and Elizabeth Stroude: St. Dionis Backchurch.
(English) belonging to Stroud or Strood; or Dweller at the Brushwood or Thicket [Old English stród = Middle High German O.H.Ger. struot, bushes, underwood, thicket] Strood, Kent, was Stród (genit. Stródes) in a charter dated a.d. 889.
In the Charter-Rolls, a.d. 1199-1200, a Westgrove and a La Strode are bracketed together as 'Bosci’ [M.Latin boscus, a bush, thicket]. The surnames ‘atte Stroude’ and ‘atte Strode’ occur in a Soms. Subsidy-Roll a.d. 1327.
(English, German) Dweller at a marshy place overgrown with brushwood; one who came from Stroud (marshy land), in Gloucestershire; descendant of Strut, a pet form of Strudmar (ravage, famous), or Strudolf (ravage, wolf).
A town in Gloucestershire.
A location name in Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Middlesex.
Stroud Demographics
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Stroud Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stroud Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Stroud (Arabic: ستراود) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Stroud? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 13,166th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 171,250 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Stroud live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 825,494th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 127 people.
The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 32,187 people, or 1 in 11,261. In The United States Stroud is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 12 percent live, North Carolina, where 11 percent live and Georgia, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 69 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Stroud Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Stroud has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stroud last name grew 749 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 339 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 83 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Stroud Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Anglican (83%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Stroud surname are 12.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.31% being registered with the political party.
The amount Stroud earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 257.35% more than the national average, earning 1,236,720 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 70.05% more than the national average, earning R 404,100 per year; in United States they earn 7.1% less than the national average, earning $40,086 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.47% more than the national average, earning $50,912 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Stroud Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Stroud in the Arabic language | ||
| ستراود | strawd | - |
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