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The surname Stonecipher

A German surname, carried by 2,191 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S352

Stonecipher: #13,798 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stonecipher #13,798, 2,191 people Stonecipher: #13,798 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stonecipher #13,798, 2,191 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stonecipher is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized spelling of German Steinseifer.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,191 people named Stonecipher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,915 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,002.

#13,798
rank among US surnames
2,191
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+9.4%
change since 2000 (was #13,848)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,790Cuddy2,193140,787
#13,795Wickstrom2,192140,851
#13,798Fassett2,191140,915
#13,806Mizrahi2,190140,980

Who is named Stonecipher

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

95% of people named Stonecipher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stonecipher

Stonecipher has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stonecipher come from?
Americanized spelling of German Steinseifer.
How common is the surname Stonecipher?
2,191 people in the United States had the surname Stonecipher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,915 Americans. It ranked 13,798th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stonecipher?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stonecipher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Stonecipher getting more or less common?
More common. 2,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,191 in 2010, up 9.4%.