How common is the surname Stokes?

61,639 people in the United States had the surname Stokes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,009 Americans. It ranked 542nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stokes?

Marianne Stokes, Austrian artist (1855-1927), followed by Chase Stokes.

Where is the surname Stokes most common?

Wikidata records people named Stokes in the United States, Austria and Australia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Stokes getting more or less common?

More common. 58,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 61,639 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Stokes

A surname, carried by 61,639 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S322

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stokes is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 61,639 people named Stokes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,009 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 58,687.

#542

rank among US surnames

61,639

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #510)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#533	Sparks	63,440	4,867
#534	Flynn	63,400	4,870
#535	Yates	63,254	4,881
#536	Hogan	63,085	4,894
#537	Marsh	62,304	4,955
#538	Macias	62,227	4,962
#539	Villanueva	61,883	4,989

Who is named Stokes

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

58% of people named Stokes identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 58%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stokess

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marianne Stokes
Austrian artist (1855-1927)
Chase Stokes
American actor (born 1992)
Maurice Stokes
American basketball player (1933–1970)
Jarnell Stokes
American basketball player (born 1994)
Louis Stokes
American politician (1925-2015)
Marion Stokes
American librarian and archivist (1929–2012)
Constance Stokes
Australian painter (1906-1991)
Adrian Scott Stokes
British artist (1854-1935)
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel (1888–1955)
Montfort Stokes
American politician (1762-1842)
Shelly Stokes
American softball player, born 1967
Greg Stokes
American basketball player (born 1963)

Notable Stokess come mostly from the United States (9), Austria (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stokes

Stokes has the Soundex code S322, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S322.

Questions

How common is the surname Stokes?: 61,639 people in the United States had the surname Stokes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,009 Americans. It ranked 542nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stokes?: In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Stokes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stokes?: Marianne Stokes, Austrian artist (1855-1927), followed by Chase Stokes.
Where is the surname Stokes most common?: Wikidata records people named Stokes in the United States, Austria and Australia and 1 other country.
Is the surname Stokes getting more or less common?: More common. 58,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 61,639 in 2010, up 5.0%.