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    The surname Stopher

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 517 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S316

    Stopher: #42,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Stopher #42,030, 517 people Stopher: #42,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Stopher #42,030, 517 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stopher is more common than 74.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English Stoffer, originally a pet form of the personal name Christopher.

    Stopher is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 517 people named Stopher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 597,187 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 508.

    #42,030
    rank among US surnames
    517
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #40,552)

    Who is named Stopher

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

    95% of people named Stopher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stopher

    Stopher has the Soundex code S316, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S316.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Stopher come from?
    From Middle English Stoffer, originally a pet form of the personal name Christopher.
    How common is the surname Stopher?
    517 people in the United States had the surname Stopher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 597,187 Americans. It ranked 42,030th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stopher?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stopher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Stopher?
    Stopher is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Stopher getting more or less common?
    More common. 508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 517 in 2010, up 1.8%.