How common is the surname Stroh?

4,777 people in the United States had the surname Stroh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,632 Americans. It ranked 7,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stroh?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stroh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stroh?

Josef Stroh, Austrian and German footballer (1913-1991), followed by Kaycee Stroh.

Where is the surname Stroh most common?

Wikidata records people named Stroh in Germany and the United States.

Is the surname Stroh getting more or less common?

More common. 4,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,777 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Stroh

A German surname, carried by 4,777 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stroh is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Stroh.

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 4,777 people named Stroh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,632 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,439.

#7,012

rank among US surnames

4,777

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,963)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,006	Gwin	4,781	64,578
#7,008	Malek	4,780	64,591
#7,010	Stultz	4,778	64,618
#7,012	Stroh	4,777	64,632
#7,013	Kangas	4,776	64,645

Who is named Stroh

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

95% of people named Stroh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Strohs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josef Stroh
Austrian and German footballer (1913-1991)
Kaycee Stroh
American actress, born 1984

Notable Strohs come mostly from Germany (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stroh

Stroh has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stroh come from?: Borrowed from German Stroh.
How common is the surname Stroh?: 4,777 people in the United States had the surname Stroh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,632 Americans. It ranked 7,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stroh?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stroh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stroh?: Josef Stroh, Austrian and German footballer (1913-1991), followed by Kaycee Stroh.
Where is the surname Stroh most common?: Wikidata records people named Stroh in Germany and the United States.
Is the surname Stroh getting more or less common?: More common. 4,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,777 in 2010, up 7.6%.