Explore the Family Name Stalls

The meaning of Stalls

Perhaps an Americanized form of Dutch Stals: patronymic from Stall, hence a metonymic occupational name for a cowhand, from stal ‘cattle-stall, byre’.

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How common is the last name Stalls in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname 'Stalls' had a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 34,799 but dropped to 35,721 in 2010, indicating a 2.65% decrease in rank. Despite this drop in ranking, the count of individuals with this surname slightly increased from 614 to 629 within the same period, marking a growth of 2.44%. However, when measured against the broader population, the proportion of people bearing the 'Stalls' surname per 100k decreased by 8.7%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,799	#35,721	-2.65%
Count	614	629	2.44%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.21	-8.7%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stalls

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of people with the 'Stalls' surname identified as White, although there was a notable shift in the composition over the decade. From 87.62% in 2000, the percentage of Whites with the 'Stalls' surname fell to 81.08% in 2010, showing a decrease of 7.46%. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Black grew significantly from 10.42% to 15.90%, an increase of 52.59%. As for Asian/Pacific Islanders, they disappeared from the dataset. The category of 'Two or more races' appeared in 2010 at 2.07%, adding a new ethnic layer to the surname's identity. There were no reported changes in the Hispanic and American Indian & Alaskan Native categories.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.62%	81.08%	-7.46%
Black	10.42%	15.9%	52.59%
Two or More Races	0%	2.07%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.98%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%