How common is the surname Stover?

24,526 people in the United States had the surname Stover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,588 Americans. It ranked 1,455th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stover?

Matthew Stover, American writer.

Where is the surname Stover most common?

Wikidata records people named Stover in the United States.

Is the surname Stover getting more or less common?

Less common. 24,613 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,526 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Stover

A German surname, carried by 24,526 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S316

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stover is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Stöver.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 24,526 people named Stover in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,588 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 24,613.

#1,455

rank among US surnames

24,526

people in 2010

8.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,313)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,446	McElroy	24,668	12,516
#1,447	Groves	24,629	12,536
#1,448	Uribe	24,612	12,545
#1,449	Hoskins	24,581	12,560
#1,450	Bowden	24,560	12,571
#1,451	Tatum	24,558	12,572
#1,452	Schafer	24,543	12,580

Who is named Stover

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

87% of people named Stover identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stovers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matthew Stover
American writer, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stover

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stover come from?: Borrowed from German Stöver.
How common is the surname Stover?: 24,526 people in the United States had the surname Stover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,588 Americans. It ranked 1,455th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stover?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Stover identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stover?: Matthew Stover, American writer.
Where is the surname Stover most common?: Wikidata records people named Stover in the United States.
Is the surname Stover getting more or less common?: Less common. 24,613 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,526 in 2010, down 0.4%.