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    The surname Alers

    A surname, carried by 1,147 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A462

    Alers: #22,436 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alers #22,436, 1,147 people Alers: #22,436 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alers #22,436, 1,147 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alers is more common than 86.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,147 people named Alers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,177 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 907.

    #22,436
    rank among US surnames
    1,147
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.5%
    change since 2000 (was #25,564)

    Who is named Alers

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

    74% of people named Alers identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74%
    • White (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alers

    Alers has the Soundex code A462, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A462.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Alers?
    1,147 people in the United States had the surname Alers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,177 Americans. It ranked 22,436th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alers?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Alers identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Alers getting more or less common?
    More common. 907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,147 in 2010, up 27%.