Stanger Family History
Stanger Name Meaning
English (mainly Newcastle and Durham): of uncertain origin,
probably a derivative of northern Middle English stang ‘pole’
(of Old Norse origin). Possible meanings include a topographic name
for someone who lived by a pole or stake (compare Stakes) or an
occupational name for someone armed with one. Alternatively, it may be
a nickname for someone who had ‘ridden the stang’, i.e. been carried
on a pole through the streets as an object of derision, in punishment
for some misdemeanor. However, this custom is of uncertain antiquity.Orcadian: probably a habitational name from a minor
place called Stanagar in the parish of Stromness.German: occupational name for a maker of shafts
for spears and the like, from an agent derivative of Middle High
German stange ‘pole’, ‘shaft’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Stanger Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Stanger families
 68 - 134  23 - 67 |
 1 - 22  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Stanger families
|
50 - 97 17 - 49 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Stanger Family Origin
Stanger Emigration Information (US)
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Stanger Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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