Explore the Family Name Stofer

The meaning of Stofer

South German: variant of Stoffer or Staufer and, in North America, possibly also an altered form of any of these. This surname is very rare in Germany.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Stofer saw a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, it was ranked 38,198 in terms of commonality but dropped to 47,107 by 2010, marking a decline of 23.32%. The total count of people bearing this surname also fell from 545 to 451 during the same period, a decrease of 17.25%. Consequently, the proportion of people with the Stofer name per 100,000 residents decreased by 25.00%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,198	#47,107	-23.32%
Count	545	451	-17.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.15	-25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stofer

With regard to ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Stofer surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although the percentage slightly decreased from 94.13% to 91.35%. An increase was observed among those identifying as Hispanic and Black. The percentage of Stofers who identified as Hispanic grew from 1.10% in 2000 to 2.00% in 2010, while the Black population rose from 3.67% to 4.88% during the same timeframe. There was also a slight emergence in the Asian/Pacific Islander category, which did not exist in 2000 but accounted for 1.11% of Stofers in 2010. Meanwhile, there were no noted changes for those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native or of two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.13%	91.35%	-2.95%
Black	3.67%	4.88%	32.97%
Hispanic	1.1%	2%	81.82%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.11%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%