# Storr (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/storr/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 497 |
| US rank (2010) | 43,438 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 621,218 people |
| Change since 2000 | -10.9% (558 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English storre (“strong, robust”), from Old English stōr. Compare Storey. * Also as an English surname, variant of Storrs. * As a south German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German storr (“tree stump, clod”), perhaps related to the Old English word above.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Storr in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Similar surnames

Starr, Story, Storey, Stroh, Star, Storie, Stoehr, Stohr, Sutor, Sutter, Suter, Sauter.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.