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    The surname Stouffer

    A surname, carried by 3,565 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S316

    Stouffer: #9,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stouffer #9,150, 3,565 people Stouffer: #9,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stouffer #9,150, 3,565 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stouffer is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, Americanized from Stauffer, Staufer.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,565 people named Stouffer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,605 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,539.

    #9,150
    rank among US surnames
    3,565
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #8,567)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,144Collum3,56886,532
    #9,147Pletcher3,56786,556
    #9,149Adamski3,56686,580
    #9,150Stouffer3,56586,605
    #9,155Tolle3,56486,629

    Who is named Stouffer

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

    97% of people named Stouffer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stouffer

    Stouffer has the Soundex code S316, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S316.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Stouffer come from?
    From the German surname, Americanized from Stauffer, Staufer.
    How common is the surname Stouffer?
    3,565 people in the United States had the surname Stouffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,605 Americans. It ranked 9,150th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stouffer?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Stouffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Stouffer getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,565 in 2010, up 0.7%.