How common is the surname Absher?

3,407 people in the United States had the surname Absher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,621 Americans. It ranked 9,544th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Absher getting more or less common?

More common. 3,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,407 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Absher

A surname, carried by 3,407 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A126

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Absher is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,407 people named Absher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,621 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,254.

#9,544

rank among US surnames

3,407

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,221)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,535	Cardinale	3,409	90,568
#9,539	Eddington	3,408	90,594
#9,544	Harsh	3,407	90,621
#9,547	Bose	3,406	90,648
#9,548	Arney	3,405	90,674
#9,551	Obando	3,404	90,701
#9,552	Heinemann	3,403	90,727

Who is named Absher

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

95% of people named Absher identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Absher

Abshire

Absher has the Soundex code A126, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A126.

Questions

How common is the surname Absher?: 3,407 people in the United States had the surname Absher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,621 Americans. It ranked 9,544th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Absher?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Absher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
Is the surname Absher getting more or less common?: More common. 3,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,407 in 2010, up 4.7%.