How common is the surname Stillman?

5,411 people in the United States had the surname Stillman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,059 Americans. It ranked 6,307th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stillman?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Stillman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stillman?

Whit Stillman, American screenwriter/director (born 1952), followed by Norman Stillman.

Where is the surname Stillman most common?

Wikidata records people named Stillman in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Stillman getting more or less common?

More common. 5,388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,411 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Stillman

A surname, carried by 5,411 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S345

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stillman is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,411 people named Stillman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,059 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,388.

#6,307

rank among US surnames

5,411

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,881)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,298	Lupo	5,425	56,912
#6,299	McArdle	5,424	56,922
#6,300	Desrosiers	5,423	56,933
#6,301	Aycock	5,422	56,943
#6,302	Weiser	5,421	56,954
#6,303	Galdamez	5,419	56,975
#6,304	Spiller	5,418	56,985

Who is named Stillman

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

90% of people named Stillman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stillmans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Whit Stillman
American screenwriter/director (born 1952)
Norman Stillman
American historian, born 1945
Bruce William Stillman
Australian biochemist and director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (born 1953)

Notable Stillmans come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stillman

Stillman has the Soundex code S345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S345.

Questions

How common is the surname Stillman?: 5,411 people in the United States had the surname Stillman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,059 Americans. It ranked 6,307th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stillman?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Stillman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stillman?: Whit Stillman, American screenwriter/director (born 1952), followed by Norman Stillman.
Where is the surname Stillman most common?: Wikidata records people named Stillman in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Stillman getting more or less common?: More common. 5,388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,411 in 2010, up 0.4%.