How common is the surname Storey?

13,669 people in the United States had the surname Storey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,587 Americans. It ranked 2,635th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Storey?

Edith Storey, American actress (1892–1967).

Where is the surname Storey most common?

Wikidata records people named Storey in the United States.

Is the surname Storey getting more or less common?

More common. 13,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,669 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Storey

A nickname surname, carried by 13,669 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Storey is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

Originates from the Old Norse personal epithet “Stóri”, a derivative of “Storr” which means “large” or “big”. Even though it has been established that the root of the name is “Storr”, R.E.K. Rigbeye, in his book The Storey’s of Old claims that the suffix “ey[e]”, in the variant of Storey, is equivalent to the Icelandic “ig” and signifies “water”. According to him, “Storr” also denotes large in the sense of vast and rough.

Storey is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,669 people named Storey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,587 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,450.

#2,635

rank among US surnames

13,669

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,461)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,626	Minton	13,737	22,475
#2,627	Duenas	13,736	22,477
#2,628	Mackenzie	13,733	22,482
#2,629	Briscoe	13,728	22,490
#2,630	Lawton	13,713	22,515
#2,631	Sarmiento	13,710	22,520
#2,632	Brinkley	13,695	22,544

Who is named Storey

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

84% of people named Storey identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Storeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edith Storey
American actress (1892–1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Storey

Storey has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

Questions

Where does the surname Storey come from?: Originates from the Old Norse personal epithet “Stóri”, a derivative of “Storr” which means “large” or “big”. Even though it has been established that the root of the name is “Storr”, R.E.K. Rigbeye, in his book The Storey’s of Old claims that the suffix “ey[e]”, in the variant of Storey, is…
How common is the surname Storey?: 13,669 people in the United States had the surname Storey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,587 Americans. It ranked 2,635th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Storey?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Storey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Storey?: Edith Storey, American actress (1892–1967).
Where is the surname Storey most common?: Wikidata records people named Storey in the United States.
What type of surname is Storey?: Storey is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Storey getting more or less common?: More common. 13,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,669 in 2010, up 1.6%.