How common is the surname Strawn?

5,343 people in the United States had the surname Strawn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,785 Americans. It ranked 6,373rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Strawn getting more or less common?

More common. 5,236 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,343 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Strawn

A surname, carried by 5,343 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). Strawn is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,343 people named Strawn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,785 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,236.

#6,373

rank among US surnames

5,343

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #6,041)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,367	Peabody	5,345	57,763
#6,370	Mix	5,344	57,774
#6,373	Brazil	5,343	57,785
#6,375	Rego	5,342	57,796
#6,377	Mickens	5,339	57,828
#6,378	Skeen	5,338	57,839
#6,379	Curl	5,335	57,872

Who is named Strawn

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

92% of people named Strawn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Strawn

Strawn 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 Strawn?: 5,343 people in the United States had the surname Strawn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,785 Americans. It ranked 6,373rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Strawn?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Strawn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Strawn getting more or less common?: More common. 5,236 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,343 in 2010, up 2.0%.