How common is the surname Strickland?

67,769 people in the United States had the surname Strickland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,556 Americans. It ranked 494th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Strickland?

Shirley Strickland, Australian hurdler and sprinter, followed by KaDee Strickland.

Where is the surname Strickland most common?

Wikidata records people named Strickland in the United States, Australia and Malta.

Is the surname Strickland getting more or less common?

More common. 65,814 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 67,769 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Strickland

An English place surname, carried by 67,769 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strickland is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from the villages of Strickland Ketel and Strickland Roger, from Old English stirc (“bullock”) + land.

Strickland is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 67,769 people named Strickland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,556 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 65,814.

#494

rank among US surnames

67,769

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #456)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#485	Wise	68,649	4,497
#486	Gallegos	68,373	4,516
#487	Clarke	68,281	4,522
#488	Barton	68,233	4,525
#489	Schroeder	67,977	4,542
#490	Maxwell	67,961	4,543
#491	Waters	67,929	4,545

Who is named Strickland

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

76% of people named Strickland identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stricklands

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Shirley Strickland
Australian hurdler and sprinter, 1925–2004
KaDee Strickland
American actress, born 1975
Mabel Strickland
Anglo-Maltese journalist, newspaper proprietor and politician (1899-1988)
Ted Strickland
American politician (born 1941)
Sean Strickland
American mixed martial artist, born 1991
David Strickland
American actor (1969–1999)
Gail Strickland
American actress, born 1945
Rod Strickland
American basketball player and coach, born 1966
Swerve Strickland
American professional wrestler, born 1990
William Strickland
American architect (1788–1854)
Keith Strickland
American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, composer, born 1953
Marilyn Strickland
American politician from Washington State, born 1962

Notable Stricklands come mostly from the United States (13), Australia (1) and Malta (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Strickland

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Strickland come from?: Habitational surname from the villages of Strickland Ketel and Strickland Roger, from Old English stirc (“bullock”) + land.
How common is the surname Strickland?: 67,769 people in the United States had the surname Strickland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,556 Americans. It ranked 494th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Strickland?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Strickland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Strickland?: Shirley Strickland, Australian hurdler and sprinter, followed by KaDee Strickland.
Where is the surname Strickland most common?: Wikidata records people named Strickland in the United States, Australia and Malta.
What type of surname is Strickland?: Strickland is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Strickland getting more or less common?: More common. 65,814 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 67,769 in 2010, up 3.0%.