Find out how popular the last name Standing Rock is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Standing Rock.

Standing Rock, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Standing Rock surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Standing Rock in America

Standing Rock is the 110825th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Standing Rock surname appeared 159 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Standing Rock.

We can also compare 2010 data for Standing Rock to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Standing Rock

The surname STANDINGROCK is believed to have originated in England during the medieval period. It is thought to be a locational name, derived from a place where a particularly notable or prominent rock formation stood upright.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Gloucestershire from the year 1254, which mention a Richard de Standyngroche. This suggests the name may have originated in the southwest of England.

In the 14th century, the Hundred Rolls of Bedfordshire list a Reginald de Standyngrok, hinting at the name's potential connection to the county of Bedfordshire. The varied spellings, such as Standyngroche and Standyngrok, were common during this time due to the lack of standardized English orthography.

The name may also have ties to the village of Standingrock in Northumberland, which was first recorded in the Pipe Rolls of Northumberland in 1296. This could indicate that the surname originated from this specific location.

Notable bearers of the STANDINGROCK surname include Sir John Standingrock (c. 1420-1489), a member of the English gentry who served as a knight of the shire for Gloucestershire in the Parliament of 1472. Records also show a William Standingrock (c. 1530-1602) who was a prosperous merchant and landowner in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon during the Elizabethan era.

In Scotland, the name appears in the Exchequer Rolls of 1456, where a Thomas Standingrock is listed as a tenant farmer in Aberdeenshire. This suggests that the name had spread to Scotland by the 15th century.

The STANDINGROCK surname can also be found in the United States, with one of the earliest recorded bearers being John Standingrock (1745-1823), an English immigrant who settled in Virginia and fought in the American Revolutionary War.

Another notable figure was Margaret Standingrock (1803-1884), an author and abolitionist from Massachusetts who wrote extensively about the plight of enslaved people and advocated for their freedom.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Standing Rock

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Standing Rock.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Standing Rock was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Standing Rock has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Standing Rock was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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