Explore the Family Name Standage

The meaning of Standage

English: 1. probably a variant of Standish. 2. in Leicestershire and Buckinghamshire, the name may alternatively be from Stanedge Grange in Hartington Nether Quarter or Stanage End in Outseats (both Derbyshire); but evidence is needed for this. The placenames derive from Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + ecg ‘edge, escarpment’.

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How common is the last name Standage in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Standage has increased slightly between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Standage was the 45,573rd most common surname in the United States, and by 2010, it had moved up to the 45,105th position, showing a minor growth of 1.03%. The number of individuals with this surname also increased from 442 to 475, a rise of 7.47%, over the same period. However, the proportion per 100k people remained unchanged at 0.16.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,573	#45,105	1.03%
Count	442	475	7.47%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.16	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Standage

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the vast majority of individuals with the surname Standage identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with a slight decrease from 95.70% to 95.37%. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic showed a significant increase, jumping from 1.58% in 2000 to 2.95% in 2010. Those identifying as being of two or more races dropped from 1.13% in 2000 to zero in 2010. Meanwhile, there were no individuals with the Standage surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.7%	95.37%	-0.34%
Hispanic	1.58%	2.95%	86.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.13%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%