# Stroud (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,211 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,477 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,752 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (23,946 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /stɹaʊd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The English town is named as La Strode in a document of 1221, though most early records use the spelling Stroud. The Old English name Strōd refers to a "marshy land overgrown with brushwood". The original pronunciation survives in the Kent town of Strood.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stroud 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stroud in the United States.

## People named Stroud

- Robert Stroud, American inmate and ornithologist (1890-1963)
- Don Stroud, American actor
- C. J. Stroud, American football player (born 2001)
- Jared Stroud, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Strode, Strout, Strutt, Strother, Strader, Stratford, Stewart, Stuart, Stratton, Steward, Street, Streeter.

## 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.