The Strouse surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,964 people carried this name — #8,350 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,874 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

33 families named Strouse, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 177 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 32
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 264 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Strouse in American newspapers,
1907.

Newspaper page from The French Broad Hustler carrying the name Strouse
The French Broad Hustler 1907-09-19
Newspaper page from The French Broad Hustler carrying the name Strouse
The French Broad Hustler 1907-08-08
Newspaper page from The French Broad Hustler carrying the name Strouse
The French Broad Hustler 1907-08-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,799 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Strouse,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Myer Strouse
    Myer Strouse 1825–1878 · lawyer
  • Isaac Rice Strouse 1859–1934 · writer
  • Charles Strouse 1928–2025 · screenwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Strouse,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States394 records

394 records of the Strouse name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 179
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 101
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 24
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Paul Edwin Strouse

    Born 1950; from Crestview, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John W. Strouse

    Born 1911 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; painter from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1956, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jacob Strouse

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1843 aboard the New Hampshire from Havre, aged 19; goldsmith. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 394 records for Strouse in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Strouse name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record A. H. Strouse

    Arrived in Victoria in 1902 aboard the Salamis, aged 35.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Strouse in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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