Explore the Family Name Strasburg

The meaning of Strasburg

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Strassburg.

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

The surname Strasburg, according to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, has seen a decrease in popularity over the past decade. In 2000, it was ranked 23,698th in the United States, and by the year 2010, it had fallen to 25,115th place, a drop of just under six percent. The count of people with the surname also slightly decreased during this period from 997 to 988, marking a small change of -0.9%. Consequently, the proportion of individuals in the U.S. with this name per 100,000 people fell by about 10.81%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,698	#25,115	-5.98%
Count	997	988	-0.9%
Proportion per 100k	0.37	0.33	-10.81%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Strasburg

When considering the ethnic identity tied to the surname Strasburg, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with this surname identify as White, constituting 95.95% of the total in 2010, down 1.28% from 2000. There are also notable proportions identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic, which have both seen increases from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders with this surname increased by an impressive 44.29%, from 0.70% to 1.01%, while the Hispanic representation saw a 24.62% increase from 1.30% to 1.62%. Those identifying as two or more races appeared in the 2010 data at 0.91%, but there was no data available for this group in 2000. The Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native populations were recorded as zero in both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.19%	95.95%	-1.28%
Hispanic	1.3%	1.62%	24.62%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.7%	1.01%	44.29%
Two or More Races	0%	0.91%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%