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    The surname Stiller

    A surname, carried by 3,016 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S346

    Stiller: #10,615 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stiller #10,615, 3,016 people Stiller: #10,615 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stiller #10,615, 3,016 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stiller is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,016 people named Stiller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,369 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,318.

    #10,615
    rank among US surnames
    3,016
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,302)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,607Kollar3,019102,267
    #10,613Kelch3,018102,301
    #10,614Boateng3,017102,335
    #10,615Vila3,016102,369
    #10,620Cardillo3,015102,403

    Who is named Stiller

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

    90% of people named Stiller identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stillers

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ben Stiller
      American actor and comedian (born 1965)
    • Jerry Stiller
      American actor and comedian (1927–2020)
    • Amy Stiller
      American actress, born 1961
    • Christine Taylor
      American actress (born 1971)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stiller

    Stiller has the Soundex code S346, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S346.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Stiller?
    3,016 people in the United States had the surname Stiller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,369 Americans. It ranked 10,615th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stiller?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Stiller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Stiller?
    Ben Stiller, American actor and comedian (born 1965), followed by Jerry Stiller.
    Where is the surname Stiller most common?
    Wikidata records people named Stiller in the United States.
    Is the surname Stiller getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,016 in 2010, up 30%.