How common is the surname Stenger?

4,601 people in the United States had the surname Stenger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,104 Americans. It ranked 7,247th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stenger?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stenger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stenger?

Victor J. Stenger, American philosopher (1935–2014).

Where is the surname Stenger most common?

Wikidata records people named Stenger in the United States.

Is the surname Stenger getting more or less common?

More common. 4,217 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,601 in 2010, up 9.1%.

The surname Stenger

A surname, carried by 4,601 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stenger is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,601 people named Stenger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,104 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,217.

#7,247

rank among US surnames

4,601

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+9.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,286)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,243	Keough	4,605	67,046
#7,245	Adames	4,604	67,060
#7,246	Beltz	4,603	67,075
#7,247	Theodore	4,601	67,104
#7,253	Belden	4,600	67,119

Who is named Stenger

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

95% of people named Stenger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stengers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Victor J. Stenger
American philosopher (1935–2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stenger

Stenger has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

Questions

How common is the surname Stenger?: 4,601 people in the United States had the surname Stenger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,104 Americans. It ranked 7,247th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stenger?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stenger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stenger?: Victor J. Stenger, American philosopher (1935–2014).
Where is the surname Stenger most common?: Wikidata records people named Stenger in the United States.
Is the surname Stenger getting more or less common?: More common. 4,217 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,601 in 2010, up 9.1%.