How common is the surname Stockett?

610 people in the United States had the surname Stockett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. It ranked 36,630th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stockett?

Kathryn Stockett, American writer.

Where is the surname Stockett most common?

Wikidata records people named Stockett in the United States.

Is the surname Stockett getting more or less common?

More common. 568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 610 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname Stockett

An English place surname, carried by 610 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S323

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stockett is more common than 77.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

Topographic surname from Middle English stoket (“clearing containing tree stumps”).

Stockett is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 610 people named Stockett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 568.

#36,630

rank among US surnames

610

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #36,999)

Who is named Stockett

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

81% of people named Stockett identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%

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 Stocketts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathryn Stockett
American writer, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stockett

Stockett has the Soundex code S323, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S323.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stockett come from?: Topographic surname from Middle English stoket (“clearing containing tree stumps”).
How common is the surname Stockett?: 610 people in the United States had the surname Stockett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. It ranked 36,630th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stockett?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Stockett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stockett?: Kathryn Stockett, American writer.
Where is the surname Stockett most common?: Wikidata records people named Stockett in the United States.
What type of surname is Stockett?: Stockett is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Stockett getting more or less common?: More common. 568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 610 in 2010, up 7.4%.