How common is the surname Strasser?

4,196 people in the United States had the surname Strasser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,581 Americans. It ranked 7,891st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Strasser?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Strasser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Strasser?

Todd Strasser, American author of young-adult and middle grade novels, followed by Heinrich Strasser.

Where is the surname Strasser most common?

Wikidata records people named Strasser in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Strasser getting more or less common?

More common. 4,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,196 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Strasser

A German surname, carried by 4,196 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strasser is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Strasser.

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 4,196 people named Strasser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,581 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,104.

#7,891

rank among US surnames

4,196

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,485)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,882	Fritsch	4,199	73,528
#7,885	Gallaher	4,198	73,546
#7,888	Llanes	4,197	73,563
#7,891	Strasser	4,196	73,581
#7,894	Gallimore	4,195	73,598
#7,896	Brawley	4,193	73,634
#7,898	Hartsfield	4,192	73,651

Who is named Strasser

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

95% of people named Strasser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Strassers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Todd Strasser
American author of young-adult and middle grade novels, born 1950
Heinrich Strasser
Austrian association football player, born 1948
Robin Strasser
American actress, born 1945
Ernst Strasser
Austrian politician, criminal offender, born 1956
Erika Strasser
Austrian athlete, 1934–2019

Notable Strassers come mostly from Austria (3) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Strasser

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Strasser come from?: Borrowed from German Strasser.
How common is the surname Strasser?: 4,196 people in the United States had the surname Strasser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,581 Americans. It ranked 7,891st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Strasser?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Strasser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Strasser?: Todd Strasser, American author of young-adult and middle grade novels, followed by Heinrich Strasser.
Where is the surname Strasser most common?: Wikidata records people named Strasser in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Strasser getting more or less common?: More common. 4,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,196 in 2010, up 2.2%.