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    The surname Straker

    A surname, carried by 1,391 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S362

    Straker: #19,425 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Straker #19,425, 1,391 people Straker: #19,425 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Straker #19,425, 1,391 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Straker is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,391 people named Straker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,012.

    #19,425
    rank among US surnames
    1,391
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.5%
    change since 2000 (was #23,428)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,416Jeanjacques1,392221,800
    #19,425Akram1,391221,959

    Who is named Straker

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

    48% of people named Straker identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 48%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Strakers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anthony Straker
      Association football player (born 1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Straker

    Straker has the Soundex code S362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S362.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Straker?
    1,391 people in the United States had the surname Straker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. It ranked 19,425th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Straker?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Straker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Straker?
    Anthony Straker, association football player (born 1988).
    Where is the surname Straker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Straker in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Straker getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,391 in 2010, up 38%.