Stanger

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• English surname, probably derived from Middle English stang (“pole”) and possibly being a topographic surname fro someone who lived by a pole or stake
• Orcadian habitational surname, from a minor place called Stanagar, in the parish of Stromness.
• Borrowed from German Stanger, an occupational surname for a maker of shafts.

Proper noun

Stanger (plural Stangers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stanger is the 8878^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3688 individuals. Stanger is most common among White (93.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stanger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Sargent, Stagner, Strange, argents, garnets, gerants, nagster, rangest, strange