How common is the surname Stockton?

13,306 people in the United States had the surname Stockton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,203 Americans. It ranked 2,709th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stockton?

John Stockton, American basketball player (born 1962), followed by David Stockton.

Where is the surname Stockton most common?

Wikidata records people named Stockton in the United States.

How do you pronounce Stockton?

Stockton is /ˈstɑktən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Stockton getting more or less common?

More common. 13,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,306 in 2010, up 2.2%.

Is Stockton also a first name?

Yes. Stockton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Stockton

An English place surname, carried by 13,306 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈstɑktən/ 2 syllables Soundex S323 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stockton is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Stockton 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 13,306 people named Stockton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,203 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,015.

#2,709

rank among US surnames

13,306

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,552)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,700	Shank	13,343	23,139
#2,701	Traylor	13,341	23,143
#2,703	Tam	13,327	23,167
#2,704	Bales	13,326	23,169
#2,705	Bourgeois	13,325	23,170
#2,706	Carrington	13,320	23,179
#2,707	Jasso	13,318	23,183

Who is named Stockton

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

85% of people named Stockton identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stocktons

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1951
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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stockton

Stockton 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 Stockton come from?: From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.
How common is the surname Stockton?: 13,306 people in the United States had the surname Stockton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,203 Americans. It ranked 2,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stockton?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Stockton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stockton?: John Stockton, American basketball player (born 1962), followed by David Stockton.
Where is the surname Stockton most common?: Wikidata records people named Stockton in the United States.
How do you pronounce Stockton?: Stockton is /ˈstɑktən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Stockton?: Stockton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Stockton getting more or less common?: More common. 13,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,306 in 2010, up 2.2%.
Is Stockton also a first name?: Yes. Stockton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.