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The surname Stankus

A surname, carried by 1,131 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S352

Stankus: #22,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stankus #22,673, 1,131 people Stankus: #22,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stankus #22,673, 1,131 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stankus is more common than 86% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,131 people named Stankus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,085.

#22,673
rank among US surnames
1,131
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+4.2%
change since 2000 (was #22,196)

Who is named Stankus

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

94% of people named Stankus identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
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 Stankus

Stankus 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 Stankus?
1,131 people in the United States had the surname Stankus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. It ranked 22,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stankus?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stankus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Stankus getting more or less common?
More common. 1,085 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,131 in 2010, up 4.2%.