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    The surname Addo

    A surname, carried by 1,285 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A300

    Addo: #20,617 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Addo #20,617, 1,285 people Addo: #20,617 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Addo #20,617, 1,285 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Addo is more common than 87.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,285 people named Addo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,269 Americans. That is up 97% since 2000, when the Census counted 651.

    #20,617
    rank among US surnames
    1,285
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +97.4%
    change since 2000 (was #33,142)

    Who is named Addo

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

    93% of people named Addo identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Addo

    Addo has the Soundex code A300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Addo?
    1,285 people in the United States had the surname Addo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,269 Americans. It ranked 20,617th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Addo?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Addo identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Addo getting more or less common?
    More common. 651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,285 in 2010, up 97%.