# Stringfellow (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stringfellow/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation for a stringer.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,730 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,078 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 65,274 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (4,728 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stringfellow in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stringfellow in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Stringfellow

- Savanté Stringfellow, American long jumper
- Ken Stringfellow, American musician
- John Stringfellow, British aviation pioneer (1799–1883)
- Douglas R. Stringfellow, American politician and fabulist. (1922–1966)
- William Stringfellow, American theologian (1928–1985)

## Similar surnames

Strong, Stringer, Strange, Strain, Strang, Stringham, Stringfield, Strine, Stern, Stearns, Starnes, Strand.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.