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    The surname Stoker

    A surname, carried by 6,888 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S326

    Stoker: #5,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stoker #5,082, 6,888 people Stoker: #5,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stoker #5,082, 6,888 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stoker is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,888 people named Stoker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,824 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,327.

    #5,082
    rank among US surnames
    6,888
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,091)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,073Garduno6,91244,668
    #5,074Trombley6,90844,694
    #5,075Booher6,90044,746
    #5,076Catalan6,89944,752
    #5,077Bischoff6,89744,765
    #5,079Davalos6,89444,785
    #5,080Doolittle6,89344,791

    Who is named Stoker

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

    87% of people named Stoker identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stokers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Austin Stoker
      American actor, 1930–2022
    • James J. Stoker
      American applied mathematician and engineer (1905-1992)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stoker

    Stoker has the Soundex code S326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S326.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Stoker?
    6,888 people in the United States had the surname Stoker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,824 Americans. It ranked 5,082nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stoker?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Stoker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Stoker?
    Austin Stoker, American actor, followed by James J. Stoker.
    Where is the surname Stoker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Stoker in the United States.
    Is the surname Stoker getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,888 in 2010, up 8.9%.