How common is the surname Stout?

43,305 people in the United States had the surname Stout in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,130 Americans. It ranked 798th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stout?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Stout identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stout?

Rex Stout, American writer (1886-1975), followed by Archie Stout.

Where is the surname Stout most common?

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

Is the surname Stout getting more or less common?

More common. 42,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,305 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Stout

A surname, carried by 43,305 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S330

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stout is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 43,305 people named Stout in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,130 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 42,669.

#798

rank among US surnames

43,305

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #730)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#789	Palacios	43,798	7,049
#790	Cuevas	43,701	7,065
#791	Bartlett	43,648	7,074
#792	Durham	43,635	7,076
#793	Dorsey	43,631	7,076
#794	McCall	43,483	7,100
#795	O'Donnell	43,460	7,104

Who is named Stout

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

92% of people named Stout identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stouts

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rex Stout
American writer (1886-1975)
Archie Stout
American cinematographer (1886-1973)
Ruth Stout
American writer (1884-1980)
Alastair Stout
British actor, born 2010
William Stout
American artist, born 1949
Anna Malle
American pornographic actress and director, 1967–2006

Notable Stouts come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stout

Stout has the Soundex code S330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S330.

Questions

How common is the surname Stout?: 43,305 people in the United States had the surname Stout in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,130 Americans. It ranked 798th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stout?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Stout identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stout?: Rex Stout, American writer (1886-1975), followed by Archie Stout.
Where is the surname Stout most common?: Wikidata records people named Stout in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Stout getting more or less common?: More common. 42,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,305 in 2010, up 1.5%.