Last Name STOKE

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Meaning Local: Of Stoke. There are sixty-six parishes in Crockford either simply Stoke or compounded, as in such cases as Stoke Bishop, Stoke Canon, Stoke Ash, Stoke Courcy. It is to be noticed that most of the entries of Stoke are prefixed with 'de,' those of Stock with 'de la' or 'atte.' 'de Stoke' implies a town or village, 'de la Stock' or 'atte Stock,' some single stump of a tree, etc, where the nominee dwelt. Etymologically, Stoke is much older form than Stock. Monosyllabic local surnames commonly add the genitive 's,' as in Williams, Jones, etc. Hencse Stoke is now almost unknown.
Origin English, Lithuanian, Irish, Austrian, Hungarian

Rank 33,876 (2000 US census) 19,410 (1990 US census)
Count 634 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 81.86%, or 519 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.41%, or 85 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.89%, or 12 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.42%, or 9 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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