How common is the surname Sterner?

5,385 people in the United States had the surname Sterner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,334 Americans. It ranked 6,334th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sterner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sterner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sterner getting more or less common?

More common. 5,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,385 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Sterner

A surname, carried by 5,385 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sterner is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,385 people named Sterner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,334 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,104.

#6,334

rank among US surnames

5,385

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,180)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,325	Hash	5,397	57,207
#6,326	Overman	5,396	57,217
#6,327	Delano	5,392	57,260
#6,329	Pilcher	5,391	57,271
#6,330	Kephart	5,390	57,281
#6,331	Sink	5,388	57,302
#6,332	Magallon	5,387	57,313

Who is named Sterner

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

95% of people named Sterner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sterner

Sterner has the Soundex code S365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S365.

Questions

How common is the surname Sterner?: 5,385 people in the United States had the surname Sterner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,334 Americans. It ranked 6,334th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sterner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sterner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sterner getting more or less common?: More common. 5,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,385 in 2010, up 5.5%.