How common is the surname Standifer?

3,438 people in the United States had the surname Standifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,804 Americans. It ranked 9,464th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Standifer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,438 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Standifer

A German surname, carried by 3,438 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S353

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Standifer is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized form of German Steindörfer.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,438 people named Standifer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,804 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,225.

#9,464

rank among US surnames

3,438

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,295)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726
#9,458	Borrelli	3,440	89,752
#9,461	Hoban	3,439	89,778
#9,464	Cavallo	3,438	89,804
#9,466	Poulson	3,437	89,830
#9,471	Spradley	3,434	89,908
#9,473	Scalf	3,433	89,935

Who is named Standifer

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

59% of people named Standifer identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 33%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Standefer

Surnames that sound like Standifer

Standifer has the Soundex code S353, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S353.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Standifer come from?: Americanized form of German Steindörfer.
How common is the surname Standifer?: 3,438 people in the United States had the surname Standifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,804 Americans. It ranked 9,464th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Standifer?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Standifer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Standifer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,438 in 2010, up 6.6%.
What are other spellings of Standifer?: Standefer.