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    The surname Alderfer

    A German surname, carried by 1,168 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A436

    Alderfer: #22,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alderfer #22,131, 1,168 people Alderfer: #22,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alderfer #22,131, 1,168 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alderfer is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized form of German Altdörfer.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,168 people named Alderfer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,337 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,143.

    #22,131
    rank among US surnames
    1,168
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,349)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,124Dejarnette1,169264,111
    #22,131Damelio1,168264,337

    Who is named Alderfer

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

    96% of people named Alderfer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alderfer

    Alderfer has the Soundex code A436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A436.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Alderfer come from?
    Americanized form of German Altdörfer.
    How common is the surname Alderfer?
    1,168 people in the United States had the surname Alderfer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,337 Americans. It ranked 22,131st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alderfer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Alderfer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Alderfer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,168 in 2010, up 2.2%.