# Stockton (surname)

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

A habitational 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) | 13,306 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,709 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,203 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (13,015 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstɑktən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stockton 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stockton in the United States.

## People named Stockton

- John Stockton, American basketball player (born 1962)
- David Stockton, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist and legislator (1730–1781)
- Dick Stockton, American tennis player
- Frank R. Stockton, American writer (1834-1902)
- John P. Stockton, American politician (1826-1900)
- Richard Stockton, American politician (1764-1828)
- Michael Stockton, American basketball player (born 1989)

## Similar surnames

Stockdale, Stockstill, Stoughton, Stockett, Stogsdill, 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.