How common is the surname Sturdivant?

7,223 people in the United States had the surname Sturdivant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,745 Americans. It ranked 4,876th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sturdivant getting more or less common?

More common. 6,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,223 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Sturdivant

A surname, carried by 7,223 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S363

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sturdivant is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,223 people named Sturdivant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,745 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,631.

#4,876

rank among US surnames

7,223

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,858)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,867	Guan	7,247	42,603
#4,868	Molloy	7,238	42,656
#4,870	Kester	7,237	42,662
#4,871	Harwell	7,234	42,680
#4,872	Knotts	7,232	42,692
#4,873	Bobbitt	7,230	42,703
#4,874	Rosenberger	7,228	42,715

Who is named Sturdivant

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

54% of people named Sturdivant identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 54%
White (not Hispanic) 40%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sturdivant

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

Questions

How common is the surname Sturdivant?: 7,223 people in the United States had the surname Sturdivant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,745 Americans. It ranked 4,876th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sturdivant?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Sturdivant identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sturdivant getting more or less common?: More common. 6,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,223 in 2010, up 8.9%.