How common is the surname Stroud?

24,211 people in the United States had the surname Stroud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,752 Americans. It ranked 1,477th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stroud?

Robert Stroud, American inmate and ornithologist (1890-1963), followed by Don Stroud.

Where is the surname Stroud most common?

Wikidata records people named Stroud in the United States.

How do you pronounce Stroud?

Stroud is /stɹaʊd/, one syllable.

Is the surname Stroud getting more or less common?

More common. 23,946 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,211 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Stroud

An English surname, carried by 24,211 people in the United States.

Pronounced /stɹaʊd/ 1 syllable Soundex S363

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stroud is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

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.

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 24,211 people named Stroud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,752 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,946.

#1,477

rank among US surnames

24,211

people in 2010

8.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,357)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,469	Shapiro	24,335	12,687
#1,470	Whalen	24,262	12,725
#1,471	Navarrete	24,259	12,727
#1,472	Gamez	24,256	12,729
#1,473	Swift	24,249	12,732
#1,474	Inman	24,222	12,746
#1,475	Crews	24,219	12,748

Who is named Stroud

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

78% of people named Stroud identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Strouds

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Stroud
American inmate and ornithologist (1890-1963)
Don Stroud
American actor, born 1943
C. J. Stroud
American football player (born 2001)
Jared Stroud
American soccer player, born 1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stroud

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

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Stroud come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Stroud?: 24,211 people in the United States had the surname Stroud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,752 Americans. It ranked 1,477th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stroud?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Stroud identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stroud?: Robert Stroud, American inmate and ornithologist (1890-1963), followed by Don Stroud.
Where is the surname Stroud most common?: Wikidata records people named Stroud in the United States.
How do you pronounce Stroud?: Stroud is /stɹaʊd/, one syllable.
Is the surname Stroud getting more or less common?: More common. 23,946 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,211 in 2010, up 1.1%.