Explore the Family Name Stayner

The meaning of Stayner

1. English: occupational name denoting someone who stained, painted, or dyed materials, such as glass, wool, cloth, or wood, from Middle English stainer, ste(i)nour, steynour ‘stainer’. 2. Americanized form of Czech, Slovenian, and Croatian Štajner: from German Steiner. Compare Stainer.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Stayner experienced a decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 41,448 and by 2010, the rank had dropped to 46,404, accounting for an approximate change of -11.96%. The census data also showed that the count of people with the Stayner surname decreased by around 7.27%, going from 495 in 2000 to 459 in 2010. Similarly, the proportion per 100,000 people also declined by approximately 11.11% over the same span of time.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,448	#46,404	-11.96%
Count	495	459	-7.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.16	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stayner

In terms of ethnicity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the vast majority of individuals with the Stayner surname identified as White in both years 2000 and 2010, albeit with a slight decrease of about 0.69% over the decade. Notably, there were no reported individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. There was, however, a new presence of Hispanic identification in 2010, accounting for 2.40% of those with the Stayner surname. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying with two or more races dropped to zero in 2010 from a previous 2.02% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.97%	96.3%	-0.69%
Hispanic	0%	2.4%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.02%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%