How common is the surname Abshire?

4,778 people in the United States had the surname Abshire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,618 Americans. It ranked 7,010th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Abshire?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Abshire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Abshire?

David Manker Abshire, American diplomat (1926-2014).

Where is the surname Abshire most common?

Wikidata records people named Abshire in the United States.

Is the surname Abshire getting more or less common?

More common. 4,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,778 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Abshire

A surname, carried by 4,778 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). Abshire is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,778 people named Abshire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,618 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,616.

#7,010

rank among US surnames

4,778

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,734)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,005	Sheehy	4,782	64,564
#7,006	Gwin	4,781	64,578
#7,008	Malek	4,780	64,591
#7,010	Stultz	4,778	64,618
#7,012	Stroh	4,777	64,632

Who is named Abshire

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

95% of people named Abshire identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Abshires

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Manker Abshire
American diplomat (1926-2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Abshire

Absher

Abshire 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 Abshire?: 4,778 people in the United States had the surname Abshire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,618 Americans. It ranked 7,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Abshire?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Abshire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Abshire?: David Manker Abshire, American diplomat (1926-2014).
Where is the surname Abshire most common?: Wikidata records people named Abshire in the United States.
Is the surname Abshire getting more or less common?: More common. 4,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,778 in 2010, up 3.5%.