How common is the surname Stairs?

1,192 people in the United States had the surname Stairs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stairs?

Carole Baskin, American animal rights activist.

Where is the surname Stairs most common?

Wikidata records people named Stairs in the United States.

Is the surname Stairs getting more or less common?

More common. 1,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Stairs

A surname, carried by 1,192 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stairs is more common than 86.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,192 people named Stairs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,147.

#21,811

rank among US surnames

1,192

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,295)

Who is named Stairs

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

96% of people named Stairs identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as two or more races and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stairss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carole Baskin
American animal rights activist, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stairs

Stairs has the Soundex code S362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S362.

Questions

How common is the surname Stairs?: 1,192 people in the United States had the surname Stairs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stairs?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Stairs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Stairs?: Carole Baskin, American animal rights activist.
Where is the surname Stairs most common?: Wikidata records people named Stairs in the United States.
Is the surname Stairs getting more or less common?: More common. 1,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, up 3.9%.