The surname Stetson
A place surname, carried by 3,875 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S332 Also a first name
Origin
A variant of Stitson, a habitational name from Stidston (“site in the Parish of South Brent”), from Middle English Stidewardesdoune, Stidewardeston, Stitewardeston, Styddeston, from Old English *Stīthweardes (genitive of *Stīthweard (personal name)) + tūn (“farmstead estate”). * (hat): From Stetson, an American brand of hat named after its manufacturer, John B. Stetson Company, itself named after John B. Stetson, who founded it in 1865. The hats were widely known in the 1870s and 1880s. Sol Steinmetz stated in 2010 that Stetson hat was first attested in 1900, but this is clearly mistaken, being several decades too late; it may be that what Steinmetz had meant to write is that Stetson alone as a common noun meaning a Stetson hat was first attested in 1900.
Stetson is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,875 people named Stetson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,676 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,762.
Who is named Stetson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Stetson identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Famous Stetsons
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Charlotte Perkins GilmanAmerican feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935)
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Questions
- Where does the surname Stetson come from?
- A variant of Stitson, a habitational name from Stidston (“site in the Parish of South Brent”), from Middle English Stidewardesdoune, Stidewardeston, Stitewardeston, Styddeston, from Old English *Stīthweardes (genitive of *Stīthweard (personal name)) + tūn (“farmstead estate”). * (hat): From…
- How common is the surname Stetson?
- 3,875 people in the United States had the surname Stetson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,676 Americans. It ranked 8,501st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Stetson?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stetson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Stetson?
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935).
- Where is the surname Stetson most common?
- Wikidata records people named Stetson in the United States.
- What type of surname is Stetson?
- Stetson is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Stetson getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,875 in 2010, up 3.0%.
- Is Stetson also a first name?
- Yes. Stetson is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.