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    The surname Staunton

    An English place surname, carried by 953 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S353

    Staunton: #25,833 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Staunton #25,833, 953 people Staunton: #25,833 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Staunton #25,833, 953 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Staunton is more common than 84.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English stān (“stone”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”). Compare Stanton, which shares the same etymology.

    Staunton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 953 people named Staunton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 323,972 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 913.

    #25,833
    rank among US surnames
    953
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #25,448)

    Who is named Staunton

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    82% of people named Staunton identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stauntons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Imelda Staunton
      British actress (born 1956)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Staunton

    Staunton has the Soundex code S353, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S353.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Staunton come from?
    From Old English stān (“stone”) + tūn (“enclosure; town, settlement”). Compare Stanton, which shares the same etymology.
    How common is the surname Staunton?
    953 people in the United States had the surname Staunton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 323,972 Americans. It ranked 25,833rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Staunton?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Staunton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Staunton?
    Imelda Staunton, British actress (born 1956).
    Where is the surname Staunton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Staunton in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Staunton?
    Staunton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Staunton getting more or less common?
    More common. 913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 953 in 2010, up 4.4%.