Find out how popular the last name Stretton is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Stretton.

Stretton, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Stretton surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Stretton in America

Stretton is the 74608th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Stretton surname appeared 259 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Stretton.

We can also compare 2010 data for Stretton to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Stretton

The surname Stretton originated in England during the late Anglo-Saxon period, deriving from the Old English words "stræt" meaning street or road and "tun" meaning town or settlement. It was an habitation name given to those residing in the town by the Roman road or street.

The name is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Stratone" and "Stretuna", referring to various places in Derbyshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire. These early spellings reflect the evolving pronunciation and orthography of the name over time.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was William de Stretton, a landowner in Derbyshire mentioned in the Pipe Rolls of 1176. Another notable individual was John de Stretton, a 13th-century cleric who served as Archdeacon of Derby and later Bishop of Winchester from 1323 to 1335.

In the 14th century, records show a Robert de Stretton who was a monk at the Benedictine abbey in Evesham, Worcestershire. A century later, Richard Stretton (c. 1460-1524) was a prominent English scholar, linguist, and theologian who served as a tutor to Prince Arthur, the elder son of King Henry VII.

During the Elizabethan era, Thomas Stretton (c. 1539-1612) was a respected lawyer and member of the Middle Temple in London. He served as Recorder of Derby and later as a Justice of the Peace for Derbyshire.

As the name spread across England, it became associated with various place names such as Stretton-on-Dunsmore in Warwickshire, Stretton Sugwas in Herefordshire, and Church Stretton in Shropshire, reflecting the origins of the name as an habitation descriptor.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Stretton

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Stretton.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Stretton was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Stretton has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Stretton was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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