Last Name STRANGE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Nickname: The strange, i.e. the new-comer, the stranger.

Origin	English, Danish, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Belgian, South african

Rank	2,282 (2000 US census)	2,095 (1990 US census)

Count	14,582 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

83.53%, or 12180 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.8%, or 1866 total occurrences, as black,
0.32%, or 47 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.54%, or 79 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.4%, or 204 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.41%, or 206 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

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