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    The surname Strahm

    A German surname, carried by 1,028 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S365

    Strahm: #24,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Strahm #24,370, 1,028 people Strahm: #24,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Strahm #24,370, 1,028 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strahm is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German.

    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 1,028 people named Strahm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 958.

    #24,370
    rank among US surnames
    1,028
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #24,471)

    Who is named Strahm

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

    96% of people named Strahm identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Strahm

    Strahm has the Soundex code S365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S365.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Strahm come from?
    Strahm is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Strahm?
    1,028 people in the United States had the surname Strahm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Strahm?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Strahm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Strahm getting more or less common?
    More common. 958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, up 7.3%.