How common is the surname Stough?

3,067 people in the United States had the surname Stough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,667 Americans. It ranked 10,473rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stough?

Eric Stough, American animator and producer (born 1972).

Where is the surname Stough most common?

Wikidata records people named Stough in the United States.

Is the surname Stough getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,067 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Stough

A surname, carried by 3,067 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stough is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,067 people named Stough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,667 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,079.

#10,473

rank among US surnames

3,067

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,680)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,468	Carreiro	3,070	100,569
#10,471	Cevallos	3,069	100,601
#10,472	Taulbee	3,068	100,634
#10,473	Stough	3,067	100,667
#10,478	Doud	3,066	100,700

Who is named Stough

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

94% of people named Stough identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stoughs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eric Stough
American animator and producer (born 1972)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stough

Stough has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.

Questions

How common is the surname Stough?: 3,067 people in the United States had the surname Stough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,667 Americans. It ranked 10,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stough?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Stough?: Eric Stough, American animator and producer (born 1972).
Where is the surname Stough most common?: Wikidata records people named Stough in the United States.
Is the surname Stough getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,067 in 2010, down 0.4%.