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    The surname Stehr

    A surname, carried by 1,000 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S360

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stehr is more common than 84.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,000 people named Stehr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 308,746 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 948.

    #24,874
    rank among US surnames
    1,000
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #24,680)

    Who is named Stehr

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

    98% of people named Stehr identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    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 Stehr

    Stehr 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 Stehr?
    1,000 people in the United States had the surname Stehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,746 Americans. It ranked 24,874th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stehr?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Stehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Stehr getting more or less common?
    More common. 948 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,000 in 2010, up 5.5%.