How common is the surname Strang?

4,341 people in the United States had the surname Strang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,123 Americans. It ranked 7,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Strang?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Strang identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Strang?

Gilbert Strang, American mathematician, followed by James Strang.

Where is the surname Strang most common?

Wikidata records people named Strang in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Strang getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,381 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,341 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Strang

A surname, carried by 4,341 people in the United States.

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). Strang is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,341 people named Strang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,123 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,381.

#7,652

rank among US surnames

4,341

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,046)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,644	Ito	4,344	71,074
#7,647	Carlsen	4,343	71,090
#7,650	McGuinness	4,342	71,107
#7,652	Lent	4,341	71,123
#7,655	Gober	4,339	71,156
#7,658	Kowal	4,337	71,189

Who is named Strang

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

93% of people named Strang identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Strangs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gilbert Strang
American mathematician, born 1934
James Strang
American Mormon leader (1813–1856)
William Strang
British artist and printmaker (1859–1921)

Notable Strangs come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Strang

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

Questions

How common is the surname Strang?: 4,341 people in the United States had the surname Strang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,123 Americans. It ranked 7,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Strang?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Strang identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Strang?: Gilbert Strang, American mathematician, followed by James Strang.
Where is the surname Strang most common?: Wikidata records people named Strang in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Strang getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,381 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,341 in 2010, down 0.9%.