How common is the surname Stoddard?

14,317 people in the United States had the surname Stoddard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,565 Americans. It ranked 2,531st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stoddard?

Lothrop Stoddard, American white-supremacist historian, political scientist, journalist (1883–1950), followed by Laurence Stoddard.

Where is the surname Stoddard most common?

Wikidata records people named Stoddard in the United States.

Is the surname Stoddard getting more or less common?

More common. 14,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,317 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Stoddard

An occupational surname, carried by 14,317 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S336

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stoddard is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a standard bearer.

Stoddard is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,317 people named Stoddard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,565 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,096.

#2,531

rank among US surnames

14,317

people in 2010

4.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,352)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,522	McMahan	14,368	21,488
#2,523	Hershberger	14,357	21,505
#2,524	Linton	14,354	21,509
#2,526	Mehta	14,342	21,527
#2,527	Mayberry	14,326	21,551
#2,528	Barger	14,324	21,554
#2,529	Alley	14,323	21,556

Who is named Stoddard

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

92% of people named Stoddard identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stoddards

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lothrop Stoddard
American white-supremacist historian, political scientist, journalist (1883–1950)
Laurence Stoddard
American coxswain (1903-1997)
Charles Warren Stoddard
American author and editor (1843–1909)
Corinne Stoddard
American short track speed skater, born 2001
John Lawson Stoddard
American writer (1850–1931)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stoddard

Stoddard has the Soundex code S336, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S336.

Questions

How common is the surname Stoddard?: 14,317 people in the United States had the surname Stoddard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,565 Americans. It ranked 2,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stoddard?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Stoddard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stoddard?: Lothrop Stoddard, American white-supremacist historian, political scientist, journalist (1883–1950), followed by Laurence Stoddard.
Where is the surname Stoddard most common?: Wikidata records people named Stoddard in the United States.
What type of surname is Stoddard?: Stoddard is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Stoddard getting more or less common?: More common. 14,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,317 in 2010, up 1.6%.