The surname Staten
A surname, carried by 8,021 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S335
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,021 people named Staten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,492 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,230.
#4,430
rank among US surnames
8,021
people in 2010
2.7
per 100,000 Americans
+10.9%
change since 2000 (was #4,518)
Who is named Staten
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
48% of people named Staten identified as Black (not Hispanic), 47% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 48%
- White (not Hispanic) 47%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Staten has the Soundex code S335, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S335.
Questions
- How common is the surname Staten?
- 8,021 people in the United States had the surname Staten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,492 Americans. It ranked 4,430th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Staten?
- In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Staten identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 47% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Staten getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,021 in 2010, up 11%.