{"id":29787,"date":"2013-11-21T13:47:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T19:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=29787"},"modified":"2014-02-21T15:03:26","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T21:03:26","slug":"surname-demographics-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=29787","title":{"rendered":"Surname Demographics in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered how popular your surname is? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanlastnames.us\">Here is a website<\/a> that uses the 2000 U.S. Census to rank your families names.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanlastnames.us\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Census-2000-350p.jpg\" alt=\"Census-2000-350p\" width=\"350\" height=\"223\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Census-2000-350p.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Census-2000-350p-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Discover the ethnic origin and meaning of last names. Find out how surnames are ranked in popularity, how many people in the United States of America bear a particular name according to the 2000 US Censuses.<\/p>\n<p>10 most popular last names in the USA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Surname Rank<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>SMITH      1<\/li>\n<li>JOHNSON    2<\/li>\n<li>WILLIAMS   3<\/li>\n<li>BROWN      4<\/li>\n<li>JONES      5<\/li>\n<li>MILLER     6<\/li>\n<li>DAVIS      7<\/li>\n<li>GARCIA     8<\/li>\n<li>RODRIGUEZ  9<\/li>\n<li>WILSON    10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two examples I tried were Meitzler &#038; Daffern, two of my family names.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEITZLER<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last Name MEITZLER<br \/>\nRank  36531<br \/>\nCount 578<br \/>\nRace \/ ethnic distribution<br \/>\nThe 2000 US Census says that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>97.06%, or 561 total occurrences, of those with this surname see themselves as being white<\/li>\n<li>undisclosed % as black<\/li>\n<li>undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander<\/li>\n<li>0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan<\/li>\n<li>1.56%, or 9 total occurrences, as two or more races, and<\/li>\n<li>1.21%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>DAFFERN<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last Name DAFFERN<br \/>\nRank   42363<br \/>\nCount  482<br \/>\nRace \/ ethnic distribution<br \/>\nThe 2000 US Census says that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>95.64%, or 461 total occurrences, of those with this surname see themselves as being white<\/li>\n<li>undisclosed % as black<\/li>\n<li>undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander<\/li>\n<li>1.24%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan<\/li>\n<li>undisclosed % as two or more races, and<\/li>\n<li>1.66%, or 8 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These numbers actually surprise me I thought that Daffern was a more popular name, with more than 482 people in the 2000 census.<\/p>\n<p>To visit the website go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanlastnames.us\/\">http:\/\/www.americanlastnames.us\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To view the site a bit better on mobile devices, see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanlastnames.com\">http:\/\/www.americanlastnames.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered how popular your surname is? Here is a website that uses the 2000 U.S. Census to rank your families names. Discover the ethnic origin and meaning of last names. 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