# Stout (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stout/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 43,305 |
| US rank (2010) | 798 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,130 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (42,669 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stout 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stout in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Stout

- Rex Stout, American writer (1886-1975)
- Archie Stout, American cinematographer (1886-1973)
- Ruth Stout, American writer (1884-1980)
- Alastair Stout, British actor
- William Stout, American artist
- Anna Malle, American pornographic actress and director

## Similar surnames

Stott, Stoudt, Staudt, Steed, Stitt, Stith, Sudduth, Stead, Suddeth, Sidoti, Sadat.

## 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.