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    The surname Stretch

    A surname, carried by 1,141 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S363

    Stretch: #22,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stretch #22,530, 1,141 people Stretch: #22,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stretch #22,530, 1,141 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stretch is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,141 people named Stretch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 270,592 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,093.

    #22,530
    rank among US surnames
    1,141
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,078)

    Who is named Stretch

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

    91% of people named Stretch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stretchs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gary Stretch
      British boxer, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stretch

    Stretch 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 Stretch?
    1,141 people in the United States had the surname Stretch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,592 Americans. It ranked 22,530th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stretch?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Stretch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Stretch?
    Gary Stretch, British boxer.
    Where is the surname Stretch most common?
    Wikidata records people named Stretch in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Stretch getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,141 in 2010, up 4.4%.