How common is the surname Story?

19,218 people in the United States had the surname Story in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,065 Americans. It ranked 1,867th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Story?

Tim Story, American film director, followed by Joseph Story.

Where is the surname Story most common?

Wikidata records people named Story in the United States.

Is the surname Story getting more or less common?

More common. 18,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,218 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Story

A surname, carried by 19,218 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). Story is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,218 people named Story in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,065 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,935.

#1,867

rank among US surnames

19,218

people in 2010

6.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,735)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,858	Eddy	19,321	15,980
#1,859	Rock	19,313	15,986
#1,860	Roland	19,311	15,988
#1,861	Aranda	19,298	15,999
#1,862	McCracken	19,287	16,008
#1,863	Hyatt	19,280	16,014
#1,864	Hanley	19,240	16,047

Who is named Story

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

83% of people named Story identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Storys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tim Story
American film director, born 1970
Joseph Story
American jurist (1779–1845); US Supreme Court justice from 1812 to 1845
William Wetmore Story
American sculptor, art critic, poet, translator and editor (1819–1895)
William Edward Story
American mathematician (1850–1930)
Trevor Story
American baseball player (born 1992)
Julian Russell Story
American painter (1857–1919)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Storey

Surnames that sound like Story

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

Questions

How common is the surname Story?: 19,218 people in the United States had the surname Story in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,065 Americans. It ranked 1,867th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Story?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Story identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Story?: Tim Story, American film director, followed by Joseph Story.
Where is the surname Story most common?: Wikidata records people named Story in the United States.
Is the surname Story getting more or less common?: More common. 18,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,218 in 2010, up 1.5%.
What are other spellings of Story?: Storey.