How common is the surname Strouse?

3,964 people in the United States had the surname Strouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,887 Americans. It ranked 8,350th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Strouse?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Strouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Strouse?

Charles Strouse, American composer and lyricist (1928–2025).

Where is the surname Strouse most common?

Wikidata records people named Strouse in the United States.

Is the surname Strouse getting more or less common?

More common. 3,874 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,964 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Strouse

A surname, carried by 3,964 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strouse is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,964 people named Strouse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,887 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,874.

#8,350

rank among US surnames

3,964

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,923)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,342	Wadley	3,968	77,809
#8,345	Graybill	3,967	77,828
#8,348	Jessop	3,965	77,868
#8,350	Despain	3,964	77,887
#8,353	Ambrosio	3,963	77,907
#8,356	Hiles	3,962	77,927

Who is named Strouse

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

95% of people named Strouse identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Strouses

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Strouse
American composer and lyricist (1928–2025)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Strouse

Strouse has the Soundex code S362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S362.

Questions

How common is the surname Strouse?: 3,964 people in the United States had the surname Strouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,887 Americans. It ranked 8,350th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Strouse?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Strouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Strouse?: Charles Strouse, American composer and lyricist (1928–2025).
Where is the surname Strouse most common?: Wikidata records people named Strouse in the United States.
Is the surname Strouse getting more or less common?: More common. 3,874 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,964 in 2010, up 2.3%.