How common is the surname Aller?

1,385 people in the United States had the surname Aller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Aller?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Aller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Aller?

Lawrence H. Aller, astronomer (1913-2003).

Where is the surname Aller most common?

Wikidata records people named Aller in the United States.

Is the surname Aller getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, down 5.5%.

The surname Aller

An English surname, carried by 1,385 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aller is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

English origin

Inherited from Old English Alre.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,385 people named Aller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. That is down 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,465.

#19,498

rank among US surnames

1,385

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-5.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,660)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,489	Pulsifer	1,386	222,760
#19,498	Dubuque	1,385	222,921

Who is named Aller

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

86% of people named Aller identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Allers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lawrence H. Aller
Astronomer (1913-2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Aller

Allaire

Aller has the Soundex code A460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A460.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Aller come from?: Inherited from Old English Alre.
How common is the surname Aller?: 1,385 people in the United States had the surname Aller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Aller?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Aller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Aller?: Lawrence H. Aller, astronomer (1913-2003).
Where is the surname Aller most common?: Wikidata records people named Aller in the United States.
Is the surname Aller getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, down 5.5%.