The STRINGER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	16,634	1999	0.006	62
United States (1880 census)	3,298	1861	0.007	66
Change since 1880	+13336	-138	-0.001	-4
Other Countries
Australia	1,363	1210	0.008	83
United Kingdom	7,902	783	0.017	172

Top States for STRINGER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Texas	1,927	1299	0.009	92
Mississippi	1,711	230	0.060	601
Georgia	1,041	1023	0.013	127
Florida	963	2126	0.006	60
California	947	3237	0.003	28
Top States for STRINGER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Mississippi	1,711	230	0.060	601
Alabama	920	811	0.021	207
Louisiana	593	1097	0.013	133
Kentucky	517	1131	0.013	128
Georgia	1,041	1023	0.013	127

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of STRINGER

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 STRINGER 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 STRINGER 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 STRINGER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	235	1.41
White (Hispanic)	200	1.2
Asian/Pacific	75	0.45
Native American/Alaskan	68	0.41
White (Caucasian)	12,920	77.67
Black/African American	3,136	18.85

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

Meaning of STRINGER in historical publications

One who made or fitted the strings to the bows in the time of archery. "In war if a string break, the man is lost and is no man, and his weapon is gone, and although he have two strings put on at once, yet he shall have small leisure and less room to bend his bow, therefore, God send us good stringers both for war and peace."--Ascham.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

STRINGER. In the days of archery, a maker of bow-strings. Nares's Glossary.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to STRINGER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as STRINGER.

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.