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The surname Street

A surname, carried by 19,866 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S363

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Street is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,866 people named Street in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,541 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,322.

#1,805
rank among US surnames
19,866
people in 2010
6.7
per 100,000 Americans
+2.8%
change since 2000 (was #1,701)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#1,796Cullen20,00015,437
#1,797Hu19,99915,438
#1,798McCollum19,99015,445
#1,799Betts19,98315,450
#1,800Coyle19,93115,491
#1,801Trotter19,92715,494
#1,802Wilhelm19,91315,505

Who is named Street

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

74% of people named Street identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 74%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Streets

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Picabo Street
    American alpine skier, born 1971
  • Jessie Street
    Australian activist (1889–1970)
  • George Edmund Street
    British architect (1824-1881)
  • Richard Street
    American singer (1942-2013)
  • Huston Street
    American baseball player, born 1983
  • Tony Street
    Australian politician (1926–2022)
  • John F. Street
    American politician, born 1943
  • Eva Notty
    American pornographic actress, born 1982

Notable Streets come mostly from the United States (5), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Street

Street has the Soundex code S363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S363.

Questions

How common is the surname Street?
19,866 people in the United States had the surname Street in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,541 Americans. It ranked 1,805th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Street?
In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Street identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Street?
Picabo Street, American alpine skier, followed by Jessie Street.
Where is the surname Street most common?
Wikidata records people named Street in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Street getting more or less common?
More common. 19,322 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,866 in 2010, up 2.8%.