How common is the surname Straus?

2,533 people in the United States had the surname Straus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,889 Americans. It ranked 12,276th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Straus?

Oscar Solomon Straus, American politician and diplomat (1850-1926), followed by Jack Straus.

Where is the surname Straus most common?

Wikidata records people named Straus in the United States and Germany.

Is the surname Straus getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,533 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Straus

A German surname, carried by 2,533 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Straus is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Strauss.

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 2,533 people named Straus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,889 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,571.

#12,276

rank among US surnames

2,533

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,283)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,269	Berggren	2,535	121,793
#12,274	Vinyard	2,534	121,841
#12,276	Altizer	2,533	121,889
#12,279	Sparling	2,532	121,937
#12,285	Dolezal	2,531	121,986

Who is named Straus

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

92% of people named Straus identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Strauss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Oscar Solomon Straus
American politician and diplomat (1850-1926)
Jack Straus
American poker player (1930–1988)
Erwin Straus
American German-born psychiatrist, academic & phenomenologist, 1891–1975
King Princess
American musician, born 1998

Notable Strauss come mostly from the United States (3) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Straus

Straus 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 Straus come from?: Variant of Strauss.
How common is the surname Straus?: 2,533 people in the United States had the surname Straus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,889 Americans. It ranked 12,276th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Straus?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Straus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Straus?: Oscar Solomon Straus, American politician and diplomat (1850-1926), followed by Jack Straus.
Where is the surname Straus most common?: Wikidata records people named Straus in the United States and Germany.
Is the surname Straus getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,533 in 2010, down 1.5%.