The Stamp surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,271 people carried this name — #9,884 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,086 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Stamp surname

As an English surname, variant of Stamps, habitational surname of Norman origin from Estampes, earlier name of Étampes.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stamp» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Stamp was found among the farmers of Lincolnshire: 11 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Lincolnshire 11

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Stamp in American newspapers,
1919–1923.

Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Stamp
The Washington Daily News 1923-01-18
Newspaper page from The North Platte Semi-weekly Tribune carrying the name Stamp
The North Platte Semi-weekly Tribune 1919-12-30
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Stamp
The Washington Daily News 1923-02-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,334 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stamp in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

12,968 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stamp. The most, 2,359, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 5,129
New South Wales 2,977
Queensland 2,427
Western Australia 983
South Australia 973
Tasmania 432
ACT (Canberra) 19
Northern Territory 10

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stamp.

Who carried it

People named Stamp,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Stamp d. 2011 · actor
  • Sir Thomas Stamp d. 1711 · merchant
  • Clara Georgiana Stamp d. 1936
  • Elaine Violet Stamp d. 1984
  • Mary Stamp 1660–1727
  • William Stamp 1801–1877

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stamp,
in the records of 9 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States437 records

437 records of the Stamp name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 145
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 84
  • Other U.S. records 208
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Howard W. Stamp

    Born 1920 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Binghamton; metal worker from Chemung County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George Riley Stamp

    Born 1947; from Paris, Missouri. U.S. Army, light vehicle driver; died in an accident 1967 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Heinrich Stamp

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the Chemboraza from Antwerp, aged 59; servant. From Prussia, Germany; bound for Wisconsin.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 437 records for Stamp in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia383 records

383 records of the Stamp name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 163
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 145
  • Other Australian records 75
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Frederick Stamp

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Henrietta in 1843. Native of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Stamp

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Lord Delaval, aged 28; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George Bruce Stamp

    Gentleman of Rosanna, Victoria; died 1980.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 383 records for Stamp in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands60 records

60 records of the Stamp name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 23
  • Dutch population registers 19
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 18
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jantje Stamp

    Born 1833 in Elburg. Married in 1860 in Rijswijk.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gerrit Stamp

    Born 1829 in Elburg. Married in 1863 in Nieuwer-Amstel; "kruier".

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Teunis Stamp

    Died 1838 in Elburg; born 1798 in Elburg; "metselaarsknegt".

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 60 records for Stamp in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany59 records

59 records of the Stamp name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Stamp

    From Haffkrug, Lübeck. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 28 March 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 1 of 59 records for Stamp in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada33 records

33 records of the Stamp name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 13
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 9
  • Other Canadian records 11
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Leo Stamp

    Buried in 1989 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Jane Stamp

    Died 1949 in Trenton, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jack Stamp

    Buried in 1918 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 33 records for Stamp in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom13 records

13 records of the Stamp name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record P. Stamp

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record R. A. Stamp

    Lance Corporal, Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 2 of 13 records for Stamp in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France8 records

8 records of the Stamp name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Ronald Stamp

    Born 1927 in Great Britain; died 2001 in Bagnols-en-Forêt (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Hedwige Louise Stamp

    Born 1918 in Valmont; died 1980 in Saint-Avold (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gerard Georges Jean Stamp

    Born 1947 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône); died 1971 in Le Beausset (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Stamp in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

New Zealand5 records

5 records of the Stamp name in New Zealand
  • Timaru and Mackenzie District cemetery records 3
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Emily Stamp

    Died 1916, aged 60; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Frederick William Stamp

    Died 1921, aged 68; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 5 records for Stamp in New Zealand.

Counts: Canterbury Maps (Environment Canterbury), Timaru and Mackenzie District Councils (CC BY 3.0 NZ) · Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Stamp name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Alberta Stamp

    Died 1969 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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