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The surname Stinson

A surname, carried by 26,681 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S352

Stinson: #1,317 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Stinson #1,317, 26,681 people Stinson: #1,317 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stinson #1,317, 26,681 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stinson is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 26,681 people named Stinson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,572 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,694.

#1,317
rank among US surnames
26,681
people in 2010
9.1
per 100,000 Americans
+3.8%
change since 2000 (was #1,254)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#1,308Dempsey26,86311,493
#1,309Garland26,77911,529
#1,310Carmona26,77411,532
#1,311Bowling26,76211,537
#1,312Burris26,76011,538
#1,313Whitley26,73211,550
#1,314Hamm26,72611,552

Who is named Stinson

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

71% of people named Stinson identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 71%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stinsons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Tommy Stinson
    American musician, born 1966
  • Katherine Stinson
    American aviator, 1891–1977
  • Andrea Stinson
    American basketball player (born 1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stinson

Stinson 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 Stinson?
26,681 people in the United States had the surname Stinson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,572 Americans. It ranked 1,317th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stinson?
In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Stinson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stinson?
Tommy Stinson, American musician, followed by Katherine Stinson.
Where is the surname Stinson most common?
Wikidata records people named Stinson in the United States.
Is the surname Stinson getting more or less common?
More common. 25,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,681 in 2010, up 3.8%.