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    The surname Still

    A surname, carried by 12,354 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S340

    Still: #2,904 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Still #2,904, 12,354 people Still: #2,904 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Still #2,904, 12,354 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Still is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,354 people named Still in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,992 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,929.

    #2,904
    rank among US surnames
    12,354
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,781)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,895Geary12,38224,935
    #2,896Montiel12,37624,947
    #2,897Santamaria12,37524,949
    #2,898McAfee12,37124,957
    #2,899Donald12,36724,965
    #2,900Foust12,36624,967
    #2,901Sisk12,36524,969

    Who is named Still

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

    80% of people named Still identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stills

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Clyfford Still
      American artist (1904-1980)
    • Andrew Taylor Still
      American physician and politician (1828–1917); founder of Osteopathic Medicine
    • William Grant Still
      American composer (1895–1978)
    • Will Still
      Belgian footballer and manager (born 1992)
    • Caroline Still Anderson
      American physician, educator, and activist (1848–1919)
    • Kevin Still
      American rower, born 1960
    • William Still
      American activist, abolitionist, historian, and businessman (1821–1902)

    Notable Stills come mostly from the United States (6) and Belgium (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Still

    Still has the Soundex code S340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Still?
    12,354 people in the United States had the surname Still in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,992 Americans. It ranked 2,904th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Still?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Still identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Still?
    Clyfford Still, American artist (1904-1980), followed by Andrew Taylor Still.
    Where is the surname Still most common?
    Wikidata records people named Still in the United States and Belgium.
    Is the surname Still getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,354 in 2010, up 3.6%.