# Storrs (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/storrs/  
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 | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,600 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,572 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 192,966 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.1% (1,634 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from several places in England derived from Middle English storth, from Old Norse storð (“brushwood”). Also a variant of Storr.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Storrs 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Storrs in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Storrs

- George Storrs, American minister (1796–1879)
- Ronald Storrs, British colonial official (1881–1955)

## Similar surnames

Strouse, Straus, Stairs, Stiers, Steers, Starks, Stowers, Stork, Storch, Storck, Styers, Strickland.

## 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.