How common is the last name Stanley?

91,375 people in the United States have the last name Stanley, about 1 in 3,271. It ranks #335 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

STANLEY

#335

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
91,375
About
1 in 3,271
This common or more
27.7%
Who bears it

Of the 91,375 people with the last name Stanley, 75.7% reported their origin as White, 14.8% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Stanley

#333 Beck · 91,948#334 Chambers · 91,795#336 Deleon · 91,364#337 Barnett · 91,163

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Stanley, most common first.

#57,938 Stanly · 379#62,049 Stamler · 349#77,676 Stemley · 266#92,574 Stanely · 213#152,339 Steinley · 106

Also a first name

As a first name, Stanley ranks #418 of 53,615, with 135,819 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1954, with 6,472 births. See Stanley as a first name

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