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    The surname Stocking

    A surname, carried by 2,111 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S325

    Stocking: #14,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stocking #14,215, 2,111 people Stocking: #14,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stocking #14,215, 2,111 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stocking is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,111 people named Stocking in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,256 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,052.

    #14,215
    rank among US surnames
    2,111
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,573)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,208Sprayberry2,113146,117
    #14,213Fodor2,112146,186
    #14,215Cruickshank2,111146,256
    #14,220Cella2,110146,325
    #14,223Lohse2,109146,394

    Who is named Stocking

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

    90% of people named Stocking identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stocking

    Stocking has the Soundex code S325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S325.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Stocking?
    2,111 people in the United States had the surname Stocking in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,256 Americans. It ranked 14,215th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stocking?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Stocking identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Stocking getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,052 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,111 in 2010, up 2.9%.