How common is the surname Stine?

9,979 people in the United States had the surname Stine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,940 Americans. It ranked 3,573rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stine?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stine?

R. L. Stine, American novelist (born 1943).

Where is the surname Stine most common?

Wikidata records people named Stine in the United States.

Is the surname Stine getting more or less common?

About as common. 9,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,979 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

Is Stine also a first name?

Yes. Stine 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.

The surname Stine

A surname, carried by 9,979 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stine is more common than 97.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,979 people named Stine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,940 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,978.

#3,573

rank among US surnames

9,979

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #3,295)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,568	Haller	9,992	30,899
#3,569	Thorn	9,988	30,912
#3,571	Curiel	9,983	30,927
#3,573	Stine	9,979	30,940
#3,574	Catalano	9,973	30,958

Who is named Stine

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

94% of people named Stine identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stines

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

R. L. Stine
American novelist (born 1943)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stine

Stine has the Soundex code S350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S350.

Questions

How common is the surname Stine?: 9,979 people in the United States had the surname Stine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,940 Americans. It ranked 3,573rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stine?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stine?: R. L. Stine, American novelist (born 1943).
Where is the surname Stine most common?: Wikidata records people named Stine in the United States.
Is the surname Stine getting more or less common?: About as common. 9,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,979 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.
Is Stine also a first name?: Yes. Stine 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.