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    The surname Strecker

    A surname, carried by 2,452 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S362

    Strecker: #12,622 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Strecker #12,622, 2,452 people Strecker: #12,622 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Strecker #12,622, 2,452 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strecker is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, from the verb strecken (“to stretch”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,452 people named Strecker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,916 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,105.

    #12,622
    rank among US surnames
    2,452
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.5%
    change since 2000 (was #13,291)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,613Durgin2,454125,813
    #12,616Gordan2,453125,864
    #12,622Hao2,452125,916
    #12,627Shick2,451125,967

    Who is named Strecker

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

    96% of people named Strecker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Streckers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Heinrich Strecker
      Austrian composer of operettas and popular Viennese music (1893-1981)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Strecker

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Strecker come from?
    From the German surname, from the verb strecken (“to stretch”).
    How common is the surname Strecker?
    2,452 people in the United States had the surname Strecker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,916 Americans. It ranked 12,622nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Strecker?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Strecker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Strecker?
    Heinrich Strecker, Austrian composer of operettas and popular Viennese music (1893-1981).
    Where is the surname Strecker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Strecker in Austria.
    Is the surname Strecker getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,452 in 2010, up 17%.