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    The surname Stoughton

    An English place surname, carried by 1,761 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈstoʊtən/ 2 syllables Soundex S323

    Stoughton: #16,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stoughton #16,359, 1,761 people Stoughton: #16,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stoughton #16,359, 1,761 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stoughton is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Stockton.

    Stoughton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 1,761 people named Stoughton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,324 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,732.

    #16,359
    rank among US surnames
    1,761
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,516)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,359Hooley1,761175,324
    #16,362Bachand1,760175,424

    Who is named Stoughton

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

    96% of people named Stoughton identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    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 Stoughton

    Stoughton has the Soundex code S323, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S323.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Stoughton come from?
    From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Stockton.
    How common is the surname Stoughton?
    1,761 people in the United States had the surname Stoughton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,324 Americans. It ranked 16,359th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stoughton?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Stoughton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Stoughton?
    Stoughton is /ˈstoʊtən/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Stoughton?
    Stoughton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Stoughton getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,761 in 2010, up 1.7%.