How common is the surname Strunk?

8,129 people in the United States had the surname Strunk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,981 Americans. It ranked 4,374th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Strunk?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Strunk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Strunk getting more or less common?

More common. 7,730 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,129 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Strunk

A surname, carried by 8,129 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strunk is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

From the German surname meaning "tree trunk" (see below).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,129 people named Strunk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,981 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,730.

#4,374

rank among US surnames

8,129

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,241)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,365	Schoen	8,140	37,929
#4,366	Armour	8,139	37,934
#4,367	Moen	8,138	37,939
#4,368	Chaves	8,137	37,943
#4,371	Velarde	8,135	37,953
#4,372	Dupre	8,131	37,971
#4,373	Ridenour	8,130	37,976

Who is named Strunk

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

96% of people named Strunk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Strunk

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

Questions

Where does the surname Strunk come from?: From the German surname meaning "tree trunk" (see below).
How common is the surname Strunk?: 8,129 people in the United States had the surname Strunk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,981 Americans. It ranked 4,374th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Strunk?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Strunk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Strunk getting more or less common?: More common. 7,730 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,129 in 2010, up 5.2%.