Explore the Family Name Struckman

The meaning of Struckman

Americanized form of North German Struckmann: variant of Struck with the addition of Middle Low German man ‘man’.

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

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Struckman' has seen a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the Struckman name was ranked 37,374th in terms of prevalence, but slipped to 39,960th position by 2010, marking a decline of 6.92%. The actual count of individuals bearing this surname also dipped slightly from 561 in 2000 to 549 in 2010, a marginal drop of 2.14%. Accordingly, the proportion per 100,000 people of this surname decreased by 9.52% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,374	#39,960	-6.92%
Count	561	549	-2.14%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.19	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Struckman

In terms of ethnic identity, as reported by the Decennial U.S. Census, the Struckman surname is predominantly associated with white ethnicity, though some shifts were observed between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, almost 97% of those with this last name identified as white, but by 2010 this figure had fallen to 92.90%, a drop of 4.20%. Over the same decade, there appears to have been a slight increase in diversity within the Struckman family. Namely, the percentage identifying as two or more races rose to 2.73% and those identifying as Hispanic increased to 2.55%. Furthermore, the proportion of Struckmans identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native also increased, albeit marginally, from 1.07% to 1.28%. There were no Struckmans who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or black in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.97%	92.9%	-4.2%
Two or More Races	0%	2.73%	0%
Hispanic	0%	2.55%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.07%	1.28%	19.63%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%