How common is the surname Stryker?

3,046 people in the United States had the surname Stryker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,361 Americans. It ranked 10,531st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stryker?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stryker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stryker?

Susan Stryker, American professor, historian, author, and filmmaker, followed by Bradley Stryker.

Where is the surname Stryker most common?

Wikidata records people named Stryker in the United States.

Is the surname Stryker getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,046 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Stryker

A surname, carried by 3,046 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stryker is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

* (surname): * (gurney): Genericization of a trademark. From the name of the Stryker Corporation, which manufactured several gurneys in this style. From the name of the founder of the company, Homer Stryker. * (armoured vehicle): Originating from 2002, named for two Americans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: PFC Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II, and SP4 Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,046 people named Stryker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,361 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,050.

#10,531

rank among US surnames

3,046

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,525	Rippy	3,048	101,294
#10,528	Cumming	3,047	101,328
#10,531	Khalid	3,046	101,361
#10,535	Corr	3,045	101,394
#10,536	Duplessis	3,044	101,428
#10,539	Brunet	3,043	101,461

Who is named Stryker

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

94% of people named Stryker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Strykers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Susan Stryker
American professor, historian, author, and filmmaker, born 1961
Bradley Stryker
American actor, born 1977
Roy Stryker
American photographer (1893–1975)
Eric Stryker
American pornographic actor (1954-1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stryker

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

Questions

Where does the surname Stryker come from?: * (surname): * (gurney): Genericization of a trademark. From the name of the Stryker Corporation, which manufactured several gurneys in this style. From the name of the founder of the company, Homer Stryker. * (armoured vehicle): Originating from 2002, named for two Americans who posthumously…
How common is the surname Stryker?: 3,046 people in the United States had the surname Stryker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,361 Americans. It ranked 10,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stryker?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stryker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stryker?: Susan Stryker, American professor, historian, author, and filmmaker, followed by Bradley Stryker.
Where is the surname Stryker most common?: Wikidata records people named Stryker in the United States.
Is the surname Stryker getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,046 in 2010, down 0.1%.