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    The surname Abramowitz

    A surname, carried by 2,277 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex A165

    Abramowitz: #13,376 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Abramowitz #13,376, 2,277 people Abramowitz: #13,376 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Abramowitz #13,376, 2,277 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abramowitz is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,277 people named Abramowitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,593 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,133.

    #13,376
    rank among US surnames
    2,277
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,144)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,368Isler2,280135,415
    #13,370Hatmaker2,279135,474
    #13,375Picone2,278135,534
    #13,376Ferland2,277135,593
    #13,383Gunnell2,276135,653

    Who is named Abramowitz

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

    96% of people named Abramowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Abramowitz

    Abramowitz has the Soundex code A165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A165.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Abramowitz?
    2,277 people in the United States had the surname Abramowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,593 Americans. It ranked 13,376th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abramowitz?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Abramowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Abramowitz getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,277 in 2010, up 6.8%.