How common is the surname Staiger?

1,208 people in the United States had the surname Staiger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,584 Americans. It ranked 21,599th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Staiger?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Staiger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Staiger getting more or less common?

More common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,208 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Staiger

A surname, carried by 1,208 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Staiger is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,208 people named Staiger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,584 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,148.

#21,599

rank among US surnames

1,208

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,273)

Who is named Staiger

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

95% of people named Staiger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Staiger

Staiger has the Soundex code S326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S326.

Questions

How common is the surname Staiger?: 1,208 people in the United States had the surname Staiger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,584 Americans. It ranked 21,599th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Staiger?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Staiger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Staiger getting more or less common?: More common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,208 in 2010, up 5.2%.