How common is the surname Stickney?

4,309 people in the United States had the surname Stickney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,651 Americans. It ranked 7,702nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stickney?

Stuart Stickney, Amateur golfer (1877–1932), followed by William Stickney.

Where is the surname Stickney most common?

Wikidata records people named Stickney in the United States.

Is the surname Stickney getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,309 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Stickney

An English place surname, carried by 4,309 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stickney is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English sticca (“stick; long strip of land”) + īeġ (“island”).

Stickney is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,309 people named Stickney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,651 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,346.

#7,702

rank among US surnames

4,309

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,093)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,697	Mote	4,313	71,585
#7,698	Tabb	4,312	71,601
#7,701	Delreal	4,311	71,618
#7,702	Chua	4,309	71,651
#7,707	Weisman	4,308	71,668

Who is named Stickney

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

93% of people named Stickney identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stickneys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stuart Stickney
Amateur golfer (1877–1932)
William Stickney
Amateur golfer (1879–1944)
Angeline Stickney
American suffragist, abolitionist, and mathematician (1830-1892)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stickney

Stocking

Stickney has the Soundex code S325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S325.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stickney come from?: From Old English sticca (“stick; long strip of land”) + īeġ (“island”).
How common is the surname Stickney?: 4,309 people in the United States had the surname Stickney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,651 Americans. It ranked 7,702nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stickney?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Stickney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Stickney?: Stuart Stickney, Amateur golfer (1877–1932), followed by William Stickney.
Where is the surname Stickney most common?: Wikidata records people named Stickney in the United States.
What type of surname is Stickney?: Stickney is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Stickney getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,309 in 2010, down 0.9%.