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    The surname Stayton

    A surname, carried by 1,762 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S335

    Stayton: #16,349 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stayton #16,349, 1,762 people Stayton: #16,349 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stayton #16,349, 1,762 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stayton is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,762 people named Stayton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,764.

    #16,349
    rank among US surnames
    1,762
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,293)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,343Scheffer1,763175,125
    #16,349Mecca1,762175,224

    Who is named Stayton

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

    90% of people named Stayton identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    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 Stayton

    Stayton 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 Stayton?
    1,762 people in the United States had the surname Stayton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. It ranked 16,349th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stayton?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Stayton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Stayton getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,762 in 2010, down 0.1%.