How common is the surname Strand?

11,051 people in the United States had the surname Strand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,938 Americans. It ranked 3,265th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Strand?

Paul Strand, American photographer (1890–1976), followed by Lennart Strand.

Where is the surname Strand most common?

Wikidata records people named Strand in the United States and Sweden.

How do you pronounce Strand?

Strand is /stɹænd/, one syllable.

Is the surname Strand getting more or less common?

More common. 10,962 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,051 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Strand

A surname, carried by 11,051 people in the United States.

Pronounced /stɹænd/ 1 syllable Soundex S365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strand is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,051 people named Strand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,938 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,962.

#3,265

rank among US surnames

11,051

people in 2010

3.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,031)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,256	Zielinski	11,087	27,848
#3,257	Jeffrey	11,085	27,853
#3,258	Ragan	11,081	27,863
#3,259	Bostic	11,079	27,868
#3,260	Krebs	11,067	27,898
#3,261	Urena	11,066	27,900
#3,263	Peek	11,062	27,910

Who is named Strand

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

90% of people named Strand identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Strands

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Strand
American photographer (1890–1976)
Lennart Strand
Athletics competitor (1921-2004)

Notable Strands come mostly from the United States (1) and Sweden (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Strand

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

Questions

Where does the surname Strand come from?: So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.
How common is the surname Strand?: 11,051 people in the United States had the surname Strand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,938 Americans. It ranked 3,265th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Strand?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Strand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Strand?: Paul Strand, American photographer (1890–1976), followed by Lennart Strand.
Where is the surname Strand most common?: Wikidata records people named Strand in the United States and Sweden.
How do you pronounce Strand?: Strand is /stɹænd/, one syllable.
Is the surname Strand getting more or less common?: More common. 10,962 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,051 in 2010, up 0.8%.