How common is the surname Stack?

11,967 people in the United States had the surname Stack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,800 Americans. It ranked 2,996th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stack?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Stack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stack?

Robert Stack, American actor (1919–2003), followed by Allen Stack.

Where is the surname Stack most common?

Wikidata records people named Stack in the United States, North Macedonia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Stack getting more or less common?

More common. 11,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,967 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Stack

A surname, carried by 11,967 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stack is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,967 people named Stack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,800 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,701.

#2,996

rank among US surnames

11,967

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,810)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,987	Streeter	11,988	25,755
#2,988	Christman	11,987	25,757
#2,989	Brink	11,982	25,767
#2,990	Herr	11,980	25,772
#2,991	Falk	11,979	25,774
#2,992	Beverly	11,978	25,776
#2,993	Wylie	11,975	25,783

Who is named Stack

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Stack identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stacks

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Stack
American actor (1919–2003)
Allen Stack
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, lawyer (1928–1999)
Timothy Stack
American film and television actor and screenwriter, born 1954
John Stack
American rower, 1924–1997
Ryan Stack
American basketball player, born 1975
Kelli Stack
American women's ice hockey player, born 1988
Clara Stack
American actress (born 2010)
Lee Stack
British Army officer and administrator (1868–1924)

Notable Stacks come mostly from the United States (6), North Macedonia (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stack

Stack has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.

Questions

How common is the surname Stack?: 11,967 people in the United States had the surname Stack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,800 Americans. It ranked 2,996th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stack?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Stack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stack?: Robert Stack, American actor (1919–2003), followed by Allen Stack.
Where is the surname Stack most common?: Wikidata records people named Stack in the United States, North Macedonia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Stack getting more or less common?: More common. 11,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,967 in 2010, up 2.3%.