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    The surname Stober

    A surname, carried by 1,267 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S316

    Stober: #20,829 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stober #20,829, 1,267 people Stober: #20,829 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stober #20,829, 1,267 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stober is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,267 people named Stober in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,682 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,092.

    #20,829
    rank among US surnames
    1,267
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16%
    change since 2000 (was #22,098)

    Who is named Stober

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

    93% of people named Stober identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stobers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Franz Xaver Stöber
      Austrian etcher (1795-1858)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stober

    Stober has the Soundex code S316, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S316.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Stober?
    1,267 people in the United States had the surname Stober in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,682 Americans. It ranked 20,829th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stober?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Stober identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Stober?
    Franz Xaver Stöber, Austrian etcher (1795-1858).
    Is the surname Stober getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,267 in 2010, up 16%.