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    The surname Strum

    A surname, carried by 1,597 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S365

    Strum: #17,596 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Strum #17,596, 1,597 people Strum: #17,596 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Strum #17,596, 1,597 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strum is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,597 people named Strum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,328 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,530.

    #17,596
    rank among US surnames
    1,597
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,114)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,596McGeehan1,597193,328
    #17,605Stahlman1,596193,450

    Who is named Strum

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

    86% of people named Strum identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Strums

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dana Strum
      American bassist, born 1957

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Strum

    Strum has the Soundex code S365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S365.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Strum?
    1,597 people in the United States had the surname Strum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,328 Americans. It ranked 17,596th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Strum?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Strum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Strum?
    Dana Strum, American bassist.
    Where is the surname Strum most common?
    Wikidata records people named Strum in the United States.
    Is the surname Strum getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,597 in 2010, up 4.4%.