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    The surname Stem

    A surname, carried by 1,665 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S350

    Stem: #17,056 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stem #17,056, 1,665 people Stem: #17,056 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stem #17,056, 1,665 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stem is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,665 people named Stem in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,433 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,617.

    #17,056
    rank among US surnames
    1,665
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,391)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,047Croll1,666185,321
    #17,056Stem1,665185,433
    #17,063Lasko1,664185,544

    Who is named Stem

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

    94% of people named Stem identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stem

    Stem has the Soundex code S350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Stem?
    1,665 people in the United States had the surname Stem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,433 Americans. It ranked 17,056th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stem?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stem identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Stem getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,665 in 2010, up 3.0%.