How common is the surname Sturrock?

559 people in the United States had the surname Sturrock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 552,318 Americans. It ranked 39,352nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sturrock?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sturrock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sturrock?

Jock Sturrock, Australian yachtsman (1915-1997).

Where is the surname Sturrock most common?

Wikidata records people named Sturrock in Australia.

Is the surname Sturrock getting more or less common?

More common. 534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 559 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Sturrock

An occupational surname, carried by 559 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). Sturrock is more common than 75.7% of them.

Origin

Probably a Scottish occupational surname for a keeper of store sheep and cattle.

Sturrock is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 559 people named Sturrock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 552,318 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 534.

#39,352

rank among US surnames

559

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #38,890)

Who is named Sturrock

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

94% of people named Sturrock identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sturrocks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jock Sturrock
Australian yachtsman (1915-1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sturrock

Sturrock 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 Sturrock come from?: Probably a Scottish occupational surname for a keeper of store sheep and cattle.
How common is the surname Sturrock?: 559 people in the United States had the surname Sturrock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 552,318 Americans. It ranked 39,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sturrock?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sturrock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sturrock?: Jock Sturrock, Australian yachtsman (1915-1997).
Where is the surname Sturrock most common?: Wikidata records people named Sturrock in Australia.
What type of surname is Sturrock?: Sturrock is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sturrock getting more or less common?: More common. 534 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 559 in 2010, up 4.7%.