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The surname Stoneking

A German surname, carried by 2,166 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S352

Stoneking: #13,938 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stoneking #13,938, 2,166 people Stoneking: #13,938 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stoneking #13,938, 2,166 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stoneking is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Translation of the German surname Steinkönig, composed of the elements Stein (“stone”) and König (“king”).

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 2,166 people named Stoneking in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,542 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,130.

#13,938
rank among US surnames
2,166
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.7%
change since 2000 (was #13,158)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,933Flippo2,167142,476
#13,938Duplantis2,166142,542
#13,944Trego2,165142,608

Who is named Stoneking

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

95% of people named Stoneking identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
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 Stoneking

Stoneking 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 Stoneking come from?
Translation of the German surname Steinkönig, composed of the elements Stein (“stone”) and König (“king”).
How common is the surname Stoneking?
2,166 people in the United States had the surname Stoneking in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,542 Americans. It ranked 13,938th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stoneking?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stoneking identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Stoneking getting more or less common?
More common. 2,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,166 in 2010, up 1.7%.