Explore the Family Name Stolper

The meaning of Stolper

1. East German: habitational name for someone from Stolpen in Saxony, or a variant of Stolp. 2. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from Stolp in Pomerania or Stolpy in Belarus. Some characteristic forenames: German Arno.

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

Popularity-wise, based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Stolper has seen a decline both in its rank and count between 2000 and 2010. The popularity rank of the name dropped from 62,577 in 2000 to 70,645 in 2010, marking a decrease of 12.89%. Similarly, the count of people bearing the surname also decreased from 299 in 2000 to 277 in 2010, a fall of 7.36%. This also led to a reduction in the proportion per 100,000 people from 0.11 to 0.09, a reduction of 18.18%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,577	#70,645	-12.89%
Count	299	277	-7.36%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.09	-18.18%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stolper

As for ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that in 2000 and 2010, there were no reported instances of the Stolper surname among individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or those claiming two or more races. The vast majority of the bearers of the surname identified as White, although this number slightly decreased from 96.99% in 2000 to 93.5% in 2010. On the other hand, there was an increase in the percentage of individuals with the surname Stolper who identified as Hispanic, rising from 2.01% in 2000 to 4.69% in 2010, a significant leap of 133.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.99%	93.5%	-3.6%
Hispanic	2.01%	4.69%	133.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%