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The surname Stoltzfus

A surname, carried by 15,786 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S343

Stoltzfus: #2,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Stoltzfus #2,311, 15,786 people Stoltzfus: #2,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stoltzfus #2,311, 15,786 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stoltzfus is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 15,786 people named Stoltzfus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,558 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,159.

#2,311
rank among US surnames
15,786
people in 2010
5.3
per 100,000 Americans
+55.4%
change since 2000 (was #3,228)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#2,302Parham15,84619,484
#2,304Hutson15,83519,498
#2,305Aponte15,82819,506
#2,306Jolly15,82719,508
#2,307Stauffer15,82119,515
#2,308Goodson15,82019,516
#2,309Boston15,81419,524

Who is named Stoltzfus

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

99% of people named Stoltzfus identified as white (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 99%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
  • Two or more races 0.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stoltzfus

Stoltzfus has the Soundex code S343, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S343.

Questions

How common is the surname Stoltzfus?
15,786 people in the United States had the surname Stoltzfus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,558 Americans. It ranked 2,311th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stoltzfus?
In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Stoltzfus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Stoltzfus getting more or less common?
More common. 10,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,786 in 2010, up 55%.