Explore the Family Name Strowbridge

The meaning of Strowbridge

English: variant of Strawbridge.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

According to data derived from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the Strowbridge surname has seen a significant drop between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, the surname was ranked 44,273 in terms of popularity across the United States, but this ranking fell drastically to 72,332 by 2010, representing a change of -63.38%. The total count of individuals with this last name also decreased from 458 to 269 within the same period, marking a decline of -41.27%. Consequently, the proportion of people bearing the Strowbridge name per 100,000 of the population dropped by -47.06%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,273	#72,332	-63.38%
Count	458	269	-41.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.09	-47.06%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Strowbridge

The Strowbridge family's ethnic identity as gathered from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals intriguing changes over the decade. In 2000, individuals identifying as White made up 44.98% of all Strowbridges, but this percentage reduced to 36.80% by 2010. Conversely, those identifying as Black represented 51.75% of the Strowbridge population in 2000, and this figure rose to 57.99% in 2010. A substantial increase was observed among those identifying as Hispanic, surging from 1.31% to 2.60%. The percentage of Strowbridges that identified as belonging to two or more races saw a modest growth from 1.75% to 1.86%. No individuals with this surname reported as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census years.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	51.75%	57.99%	12.06%
White	44.98%	36.8%	-18.19%
Hispanic	1.31%	2.6%	98.47%
Two or More Races	1.75%	1.86%	6.29%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%