How common is the surname Stinger?

1,043 people in the United States had the surname Stinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. It ranked 24,124th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Stinger getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,043 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Stinger

A surname, carried by 1,043 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stinger is more common than 85.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,043 people named Stinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,211.

#24,124

rank among US surnames

1,043

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-13.9%

change since 2000 (was #20,397)

Who is named Stinger

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

86% of people named Stinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stinger

Stinger has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

Questions

How common is the surname Stinger?: 1,043 people in the United States had the surname Stinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. It ranked 24,124th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stinger?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Stinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Stinger getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,043 in 2010, down 14%.