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

Strider, 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 Strider surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Strider in America

Strider is the 33121st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Strider surname appeared 691 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 Strider.

We can also compare 2010 data for Strider 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 Strider

The surname Strider has its origins in the Old English word "stridere", meaning one who strides or walks with long steps. It first appeared in England during the medieval period, likely referring to someone's gait or stride.

The earliest recorded use of the name dates back to the 13th century in the county of Staffordshire, where a William le Strider is mentioned in the Assize Rolls of 1260. Similar spellings such as Stridere and Stridur were also found in various records around this time.

In the 14th century, the surname is found in the Hundred Rolls of Oxfordshire, where a John Strider is listed as a landowner in the village of Bampton. This suggests that the name had spread to other parts of the country by that time.

A notable bearer of the name was Sir John Strider, a knight who fought alongside King Edward III in the Battle of Crécy during the Hundred Years' War in 1346. He was later granted lands in Kent for his service.

Another historical figure with this surname was Thomas Strider, a scholar and theologian born in Yorkshire in 1489. He studied at Oxford University and later became a priest, known for his writings on religious matters.

In the 16th century, the Strider name can be found in the parish records of Gloucestershire, where a Richard Strider was baptized in the village of Bibury in 1572.

One of the earliest known emigrations of a Strider to the New World was that of William Strider, who arrived in Virginia from England in 1635. He is recorded as one of the early settlers in the Jamestown colony.

By the 17th century, the name had also spread to Scotland, where a John Strider is mentioned in the records of the parish of Dunfermline in Fife in 1692.

Other notable bearers of the Strider surname include Sir Edward Strider, a British naval officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century, and Elizabeth Strider, an English author and poet born in 1820 in Warwickshire.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Strider

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

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 Strider 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 Strider 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 Strider was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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