# Stearns (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stearns/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,554 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,479 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,214 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (14,444 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /stɝnz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stearns in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stearns in the United States.

## People named Stearns

- Richard E. Stearns, American computer scientist
- Ozora P. Stearns, American judge (1831-1896)
- Cliff Stearns, American politician
- Michael Stearns, American composer
- Richard Stearns, American sailor (1927–2022)
- Amy Acton, American physician and politician (born 1966)

## Similar surnames

Starnes, Sterns, Starns, Stern, Strand, Strain, Sterner, Strawn, Strang, Sternberg, Starner, Saetern.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.