Stockdale

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Stogdill, Stogsdill

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old English stocc (“tree trunk”) + dæl (“valley”).

Proper noun

Stockdale (countable and uncountable, plural Stockdales)

1. (countable) A surname from Old English.
2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
   1. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Wabash County, Indiana, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Missouri, United States.
   4. A census-designated place in Pike County, Ohio, United States.
   5. A borough of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   6. A city in Wilson County, Texas, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stockdale is the 7717^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4301 individuals. Stockdale is most common among White (82.24%) and Black/African American (12.67%) individuals.

Further reading

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