How common is the surname Stith?

5,319 people in the United States had the surname Stith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,046 Americans. It ranked 6,396th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Stith getting more or less common?

More common. 5,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,319 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Stith

A surname, carried by 5,319 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S330

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

Origin

English surname of uncertain origin. Compare the obscure adjective stith (“hard, strong”), which could be related to stithy (“anvil”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,319 people named Stith in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,046 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,033.

#6,396

rank among US surnames

5,319

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,250)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,388	Klaus	5,328	57,948
#6,389	Haupt	5,327	57,959
#6,391	Elwell	5,326	57,969
#6,392	Schroder	5,325	57,980
#6,393	McMillin	5,323	58,002
#6,394	Golding	5,321	58,024
#6,395	Babbitt	5,320	58,035

Who is named Stith

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

47% of people named Stith identified as Black (not Hispanic), 47% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 47%
White (not Hispanic) 47%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stith

Stitt

Stith has the Soundex code S330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S330.

Questions

Where does the surname Stith come from?: English surname of uncertain origin. Compare the obscure adjective stith (“hard, strong”), which could be related to stithy (“anvil”).
How common is the surname Stith?: 5,319 people in the United States had the surname Stith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,046 Americans. It ranked 6,396th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stith?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Stith identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 47% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Stith getting more or less common?: More common. 5,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,319 in 2010, up 5.7%.