How common is the surname Stayer?

1,210 people in the United States had the surname Stayer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,162 Americans. It ranked 21,568th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stayer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stayer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Stayer getting more or less common?

More common. 967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,210 in 2010, up 25%.

The surname Stayer

A surname, carried by 1,210 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stayer is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,210 people named Stayer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,162 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 967.

#21,568

rank among US surnames

1,210

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+25.1%

change since 2000 (was #24,288)

Who is named Stayer

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

94% of people named Stayer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stayer

Stayer has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

Questions

How common is the surname Stayer?: 1,210 people in the United States had the surname Stayer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,162 Americans. It ranked 21,568th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stayer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stayer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Stayer getting more or less common?: More common. 967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,210 in 2010, up 25%.