How common is the surname Sterrett?

2,808 people in the United States had the surname Sterrett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. It ranked 11,257th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sterrett?

Cliff Sterrett, American cartoonist (1883–1964), followed by Virginia Frances Sterrett.

Where is the surname Sterrett most common?

Wikidata records people named Sterrett in the United States.

Is the surname Sterrett getting more or less common?

More common. 2,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,808 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Sterrett

A surname, carried by 2,808 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S363

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sterrett is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,808 people named Sterrett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,545.

#11,257

rank among US surnames

2,808

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,366)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,248	Hemenway	2,811	109,835
#11,250	Stucker	2,810	109,874
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952
#11,264	Buskirk	2,807	109,991

Who is named Sterrett

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

84% of people named Sterrett identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sterretts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cliff Sterrett
American cartoonist (1883–1964)
Virginia Frances Sterrett
American illustrator (1900–1931)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sterrett

Sterrett has the Soundex code S363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S363.

Questions

How common is the surname Sterrett?: 2,808 people in the United States had the surname Sterrett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. It ranked 11,257th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sterrett?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Sterrett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sterrett?: Cliff Sterrett, American cartoonist (1883–1964), followed by Virginia Frances Sterrett.
Where is the surname Sterrett most common?: Wikidata records people named Sterrett in the United States.
Is the surname Sterrett getting more or less common?: More common. 2,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,808 in 2010, up 10%.