Explore the Family Name Stopa

The meaning of Stopa

Polish: nickname for someone with some peculiarity or deformity of the foot, from stopa ‘foot’. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Janusc, Arkadiusz, Danuta, Krystyna, Krzysztof, Stanislaw, Tadeusz, Weislaw.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Stopa" experienced a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the name ranked 37,938 in popularity, but by 2010 it had dropped to a ranking of 40,261, marking a decrease of approximately 6.12%. During this same period, the count of people with this surname also decreased slightly from 550 to 544, reflecting a reduction of around 1.09%. Consequently, the proportion of individuals bearing the Stopa surname per 100k inhabitants declined by 10%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,938	#40,261	-6.12%
Count	550	544	-1.09%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.18	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stopa

In regards to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data demonstrates some interesting shifts over the decade. The majority of those with the Stopa surname identified as White in both 2000 (96.73%) and 2010 (93.57%), although there was a minor decrease of 3.27% in this category. Meanwhile, the percentage of Stopas identifying with two or more races increased significantly from 1.09% in 2000 to 2.39% in 2010, showing a change of 119.27%. Furthermore, there was a notable increase in the percentage of Stopas identifying as Hispanic, rising from 1.09% in 2000 to 2.57% in 2010, marking a 135.78% growth. The categories of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native reported no data for those years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.73%	93.57%	-3.27%
Hispanic	1.09%	2.57%	135.78%
Two or More Races	1.09%	2.39%	119.27%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%