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

Stollings, 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 Stollings surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Stollings in America

Stollings is the 24608th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Stollings surname appeared 1,015 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 Stollings.

We can also compare 2010 data for Stollings 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 Stollings

The surname Stollings is of English origin, derived from the Old English word "stoll," meaning a platform or a raised floor. It is believed to have first emerged in the 12th or 13th century in the counties of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, where it was likely an occupational name for someone who worked on or near such platforms or raised floors, perhaps in a barn or other agricultural setting.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Hundred Rolls of 1273, where a Robert de Stollyng is mentioned as a resident of Yorkshire. The "de" prefix indicates that the name was originally a locational surname, referring to a specific place or settlement where the family originated.

In the 14th century, the name appears in various manorial records and tax rolls, often with variations in spelling such as Stolings, Stollyngs, and Stollingge. These variations were common in medieval times due to the lack of standardized spelling conventions.

The Stollings surname is also associated with several notable individuals throughout history. One of the earliest was John Stollings, a merchant and landowner who lived in Lincolnshire in the late 15th century. Another was Richard Stollings, a Protestant reformer and clergyman who served as the Rector of Langford in Bedfordshire during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century.

In the 17th century, the name appears in the records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, indicating that some Stollings families had emigrated to the American colonies during this period. One such individual was Thomas Stollings, who was born in England around 1620 and settled in Salem, Massachusetts, in the 1640s.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Stollings surname continued to be found in various parts of England, particularly in the northern counties. Notable figures from this time period include William Stollings, a prominent industrialist and philanthropist from Yorkshire who lived from 1789 to 1865, and Mary Stollings, a pioneering female artist and painter from Lancashire, born in 1832.

As the centuries passed, some branches of the Stollings family adapted their surname to different spellings, such as Stollins, Stollin, or Stollen, reflecting regional variations and linguistic influences. However, the core meaning and origin of the name remained rooted in its association with platforms or raised floors, a testament to the occupational and locational origins of many English surnames.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Stollings

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

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 Stollings 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 Stollings 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 Stollings was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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