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    The surname Strait

    A surname, carried by 6,505 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S363

    Strait: #5,352 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Strait #5,352, 6,505 people Strait: #5,352 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Strait #5,352, 6,505 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strait is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,505 people named Strait in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,463 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,319.

    #5,352
    rank among US surnames
    6,505
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,096)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,345Grenier6,50947,434
    #5,347Hermosillo6,50847,441
    #5,348Mohler6,50647,456
    #5,352Strait6,50547,463
    #5,353Rashid6,50447,470

    Who is named Strait

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

    90% of people named Strait identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Straits

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • George Strait
      American country music singer (born 1952)
    • Steven Strait
      American actor and singer, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Strait

    Strait has the Soundex code S363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S363.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Strait?
    6,505 people in the United States had the surname Strait in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,463 Americans. It ranked 5,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Strait?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Strait identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Strait?
    George Strait, American country music singer (born 1952), followed by Steven Strait.
    Where is the surname Strait most common?
    Wikidata records people named Strait in the United States.
    Is the surname Strait getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,505 in 2010, up 2.9%.