How common is the surname Stoneman?

2,000 people in the United States had the surname Stoneman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,373 Americans. It ranked 14,824th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stoneman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stoneman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Stoneman?

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American activist, journalist and writer (1890–1998), followed by Bertha M. Stoneman.

Where is the surname Stoneman most common?

Wikidata records people named Stoneman in the United States.

Is the surname Stoneman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,000 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Stoneman

A surname, carried by 2,000 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S355

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stoneman is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,000 people named Stoneman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,373 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,804.

#14,824

rank among US surnames

2,000

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,024)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,821	Reigle	2,001	154,296
#14,824	Stoneman	2,000	154,373
#14,827	Caudell	1,999	154,450

Who is named Stoneman

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

94% of people named Stoneman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stonemans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marjory Stoneman Douglas
American activist, journalist and writer (1890–1998)
Bertha M. Stoneman
American born South African botanist (1866-1943)
Kate Stoneman
American lawyer, 1841–1925

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stoneman

Stoneman has the Soundex code S355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S355.

Questions

How common is the surname Stoneman?: 2,000 people in the United States had the surname Stoneman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,373 Americans. It ranked 14,824th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stoneman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stoneman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Stoneman?: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American activist, journalist and writer (1890–1998), followed by Bertha M. Stoneman.
Where is the surname Stoneman most common?: Wikidata records people named Stoneman in the United States.
Is the surname Stoneman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,000 in 2010, up 11%.