How common is the surname Stricklin?

5,483 people in the United States had the surname Stricklin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,310 Americans. It ranked 6,232nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Stricklin getting more or less common?

More common. 4,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,483 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Stricklin

A German surname, carried by 5,483 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). Stricklin is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Probably a variant of Strickling.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,483 people named Stricklin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,310 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,959.

#6,232

rank among US surnames

5,483

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+10.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,326)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,223	Osteen	5,497	56,166
#6,224	Sabin	5,496	56,176
#6,225	Gonsalez	5,495	56,187
#6,226	Bramlett	5,494	56,197
#6,228	Deberry	5,493	56,207
#6,229	Rackley	5,488	56,258
#6,230	Harker	5,485	56,289

Who is named Stricklin

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

85% of people named Stricklin identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stricklin

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stricklin come from?: Probably a variant of Strickling.
How common is the surname Stricklin?: 5,483 people in the United States had the surname Stricklin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,310 Americans. It ranked 6,232nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stricklin?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Stricklin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Stricklin getting more or less common?: More common. 4,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,483 in 2010, up 11%.