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    The surname Sterns

    A surname, carried by 1,593 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S365

    Sterns: #17,639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sterns #17,639, 1,593 people Sterns: #17,639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sterns #17,639, 1,593 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sterns is more common than 89.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,593 people named Sterns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,358.

    #17,639
    rank among US surnames
    1,593
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,693)

    Who is named Sterns

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

    74% of people named Sterns identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sterns

    Sterns 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 Sterns?
    1,593 people in the United States had the surname Sterns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. It ranked 17,639th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sterns?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Sterns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sterns getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,593 in 2010, up 17%.