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    The surname Sturgill

    A surname, carried by 8,444 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S362

    Sturgill: #4,196 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sturgill #4,196, 8,444 people Sturgill: #4,196 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sturgill #4,196, 8,444 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sturgill is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,444 people named Sturgill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,564 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,158.

    #4,196
    rank among US surnames
    8,444
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,999)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,187Riddick8,46436,477
    #4,188Gillen8,46236,486
    #4,189Kersey8,45936,499
    #4,190Gorham8,45836,503
    #4,191Cai8,45736,508
    #4,192Griego8,45636,512
    #4,193McLendon8,45336,525

    Who is named Sturgill

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

    96% of people named Sturgill identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • 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 Sturgill

    Sturgill 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 Sturgill?
    8,444 people in the United States had the surname Sturgill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,564 Americans. It ranked 4,196th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sturgill?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sturgill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Sturgill getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,444 in 2010, up 3.5%.