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The STRETCH surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,093 22078 0 4
United States (1880 census) 522 9323 0.001 10
Change since 1880 +571 -12755 +N/A -6
Other Countries
Australia 90 15559 0.001 6
United Kingdom 963 5418 0.002 21
Top States for STRETCH by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Missouri 117 5717 0.002 21
California 104 20848 0.000 3
Pennsylvania 98 13894 0.001 8
Illinois 87 14190 0.001 7
Washington 80 8386 0.001 14
Top States for STRETCH by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Missouri 117 5717 0.002 21
Washington 80 8386 0.001 14
Oklahoma 45 8065 0.001 13
Nebraska 17 14266 0.001 10
New Jersey 79 11494 0.001 9

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called STRETCH live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called STRETCH represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called STRETCH in Missouri than any other state, but you are more likely to find a STRETCH by picking someone at random in Missouri than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of STRETCH

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the STRETCH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the STRETCH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of STRETCH in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 25 2.29
Mixed Race 21 1.92
White (Hispanic) 14 1.28
White (Caucasian) 1,018 93.14
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the STRETCH surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of STRETCH in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of STRETCH.

Similar names to STRETCH

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as STRETCH.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for STRETCH

The following words are slight variants of STRETCH that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.