# Stockdale (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stockdale/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,301 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,717 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 71,785 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (4,296 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Stockdill, Stogdale, Stogdill, Stogsdill |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old English stocc (“tree trunk”) + dæl (“valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stockdale in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stockdale in the United States and Australia.

## People named Stockdale

- Carl Stockdale, American actor (1874-1953)
- Andrew Stockdale, Australian musician
- Fletcher Stockdale, American politician (1823-1890)

## Similar surnames

Stockton, Stockstill, Stockett, Stogsdill, Stoughton, Stastny.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.