How common is the surname Storr?

497 people in the United States had the surname Storr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 621,218 Americans. It ranked 43,438th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Storr getting more or less common?

Less common. 558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 497 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Storr

An English surname, carried by 497 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Storr is more common than 73.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

* 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.

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 497 people named Storr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 621,218 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 558.

#43,438

rank among US surnames

497

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-10.9%

change since 2000 (was #37,534)

Who is named Storr

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

55% of people named Storr identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; 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 Storr

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

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Storr come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Storr?: 497 people in the United States had the surname Storr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 621,218 Americans. It ranked 43,438th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Storr?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Storr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Storr getting more or less common?: Less common. 558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 497 in 2010, down 11%.