How common is the surname Styron?

1,727 people in the United States had the surname Styron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. It ranked 16,601st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Styron?

William Styron, American novelist and essayist (1925–2006).

Where is the surname Styron most common?

Wikidata records people named Styron in the United States.

Is the surname Styron getting more or less common?

More common. 1,716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,727 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Styron

A surname, carried by 1,727 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Styron is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,727 people named Styron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,716.

#16,601

rank among US surnames

1,727

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,640)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,593	Bruneau	1,728	178,672
#16,601	Rapier	1,727	178,776

Who is named Styron

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

90% of people named Styron identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Styrons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Styron
American novelist and essayist (1925–2006)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Styron

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

Questions

How common is the surname Styron?: 1,727 people in the United States had the surname Styron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. It ranked 16,601st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Styron?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Styron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Styron?: William Styron, American novelist and essayist (1925–2006).
Where is the surname Styron most common?: Wikidata records people named Styron in the United States.
Is the surname Styron getting more or less common?: More common. 1,716 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,727 in 2010, up 0.6%.