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The surname Stahr

A surname, carried by 1,072 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S360

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stahr is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,072 people named Stahr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,061.

#23,647
rank among US surnames
1,072
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+1%
change since 2000 (was #22,612)

Who is named Stahr

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

95% of people named Stahr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stahr

Stahr has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

Questions

How common is the surname Stahr?
1,072 people in the United States had the surname Stahr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stahr?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stahr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Stahr getting more or less common?
More common. 1,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, up 1.0%.