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    The surname Able

    A surname, carried by 2,417 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A140

    Able: #12,766 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Able #12,766, 2,417 people Able: #12,766 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Able #12,766, 2,417 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Able is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,417 people named Able in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,739 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,362.

    #12,766
    rank among US surnames
    2,417
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,107)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,757Frei2,419127,634
    #12,760Callanan2,418127,686
    #12,766Stalter2,417127,739
    #12,772Stiner2,416127,792
    #12,775Hennig2,415127,845

    Who is named Able

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    71% of people named Able identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ables

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Whitney Able
      American actress and model, born 1982
    • Forest Able
      American basketball player, 1932–2026

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Able

    Able has the Soundex code A140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A140.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Able?
    2,417 people in the United States had the surname Able in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,739 Americans. It ranked 12,766th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Able?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Able identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Able?
    Whitney Able, American actress and model, followed by Forest Able.
    Where is the surname Able most common?
    Wikidata records people named Able in the United States.
    Is the surname Able getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,417 in 2010, up 2.3%.