Strange

Strange is the 2,482nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 14,165 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 21,100.

By the numbers

People: 14,165
Rank: 2,482nd
How common: 1 in 21,100
Per 100,000: 4.7

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Strange described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 79.2%
Black, not Hispanic 12.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Strange

Luther Strange (born 1953)Alabama lawyer and politician
Glenn Strange (1899–1973)American actor
Steve Strange (1959–2015)Welsh singer
Susan Strange (1923–1998)British international political economist
Sarah Strange (born 1974)Canadian actress
George Strange (1880–1961)Canadian rower
Guy Le Strange (1854–1933)English scholar and Orientalist
Curtis Strange (born 1955)American professional golfer

People named Strange with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Strange

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.