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The surname Stancil

A surname, carried by 5,532 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S352

Stancil: #6,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stancil #6,183, 5,532 people Stancil: #6,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stancil #6,183, 5,532 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stancil is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,532 people named Stancil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,811 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,221.

#6,183
rank among US surnames
5,532
people in 2010
1.9
per 100,000 Americans
+6%
change since 2000 (was #6,062)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,178Petry5,53855,750
#6,179Oberg5,53755,760
#6,180Said5,53555,781
#6,183Gu5,53255,811

Who is named Stancil

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

65% of people named Stancil identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 65%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stancils

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Felicia Stancil
    American bicycle racer, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stancil

Stancil has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

Questions

How common is the surname Stancil?
5,532 people in the United States had the surname Stancil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,811 Americans. It ranked 6,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stancil?
In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Stancil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stancil?
Felicia Stancil, American bicycle racer.
Where is the surname Stancil most common?
Wikidata records people named Stancil in the United States.
Is the surname Stancil getting more or less common?
More common. 5,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,532 in 2010, up 6.0%.