How common is the surname Strother?

7,170 people in the United States had the surname Strother in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,061 Americans. It ranked 4,910th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Strother?

Ann Strother, American basketball player-coach.

Where is the surname Strother most common?

Wikidata records people named Strother in the United States.

Is the surname Strother getting more or less common?

More common. 7,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,170 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Strother

An English surname, carried by 7,170 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S363

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strother is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English Strother (surname and placename), from strother (“marsh”), probably from Old English strōd (“marshy land”) (in Scots, beside forms with -th- like Ravenstruther, stroder and other forms with -d- are attested), whence also Strood.

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 7,170 people named Strother in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,061 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,001.

#4,910

rank among US surnames

7,170

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,634)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,902	Almond	7,188	42,953
#4,903	Hussein	7,182	42,989
#4,905	Kuehn	7,181	42,995
#4,906	Whitmire	7,179	43,007
#4,907	Gabel	7,177	43,019
#4,908	Pride	7,172	43,049
#4,909	Encarnacion	7,171	43,055

Who is named Strother

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

64% of people named Strother identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Strothers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ann Strother
American basketball player-coach, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Strother

Strother has the Soundex code S363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S363.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Strother come from?: From Middle English Strother (surname and placename), from strother (“marsh”), probably from Old English strōd (“marshy land”) (in Scots, beside forms with -th- like Ravenstruther, stroder and other forms with -d- are attested), whence also Strood.
How common is the surname Strother?: 7,170 people in the United States had the surname Strother in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,061 Americans. It ranked 4,910th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Strother?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Strother identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Strother?: Ann Strother, American basketball player-coach.
Where is the surname Strother most common?: Wikidata records people named Strother in the United States.
Is the surname Strother getting more or less common?: More common. 7,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,170 in 2010, up 2.4%.