How common is the last name Story?

18,276 people in the United States have the last name Story, about 1 in 16,355. It ranks #1,932 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

STORY

#1,932

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,276
About
1 in 16,355
This common or more
47.4%
Who bears it

Of the 18,276 people with the last name Story, 79.8% reported their origin as White, 11.1% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Story

#1,930 Pettit · 18,281#1,931 Crespo · 18,277#1,933 Fitch · 18,247#1,934 Darling · 18,195

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Story, most common first.

#2,636 Storey · 13,360#34,665 Storr · 703#43,946 Stary · 528#76,236 Store · 272#111,996 Stora · 167#145,028 Storay · 116

Also a first name

As a first name, Story ranks #9,787 of 53,615, with 1,400 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 144 births. See Story as a first name

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