How common is the surname Stockdale?

4,301 people in the United States had the surname Stockdale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,785 Americans. It ranked 7,717th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stockdale?

Carl Stockdale, American actor (1874-1953), followed by Andrew Stockdale.

Where is the surname Stockdale most common?

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

Is the surname Stockdale getting more or less common?

More common. 4,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,301 in 2010, up 0.1%.

What are other spellings of Stockdale?

Stockdill, Stogdale, Stogdill and Stogsdill.

The surname Stockdale

An English place surname, carried by 4,301 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S323

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stockdale is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Stockdale 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 4,301 people named Stockdale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,785 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,296.

#7,717

rank among US surnames

4,301

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,163)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,710	Lasley	4,306	71,701
#7,713	Bussell	4,305	71,718
#7,714	Lail	4,304	71,735
#7,717	Stockdale	4,301	71,785
#7,720	Theobald	4,300	71,801
#7,721	Till	4,299	71,818

Who is named Stockdale

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

82% of people named Stockdale identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stockdales

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Stockdale
American actor (1874-1953)
Andrew Stockdale
Australian musician, born 1976
Fletcher Stockdale
American politician (1823-1890)

Notable Stockdales come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Stockdill
Stogdale
Stogdill
Stogsdill

Surnames that sound like Stockdale

Stockdale has the Soundex code S323, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S323.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stockdale come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old English stocc (“tree trunk”) + dæl (“valley”).
How common is the surname Stockdale?: 4,301 people in the United States had the surname Stockdale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,785 Americans. It ranked 7,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stockdale?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Stockdale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stockdale?: Carl Stockdale, American actor (1874-1953), followed by Andrew Stockdale.
Where is the surname Stockdale most common?: Wikidata records people named Stockdale in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Stockdale?: Stockdale is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Stockdale getting more or less common?: More common. 4,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,301 in 2010, up 0.1%.
What are other spellings of Stockdale?: Stockdill, Stogdale, Stogdill and Stogsdill.