The surname Alphonse
A surname, carried by 1,318 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A415 Also a first name
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,318 people named Alphonse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,253 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 934.
#20,216
rank among US surnames
1,318
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+41.1%
change since 2000 (was #24,969)
Who is named Alphonse
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
69% of people named Alphonse identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Black (not Hispanic) 69%
- White (not Hispanic) 22%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Alphonse has the Soundex code A415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A415.
Questions
- How common is the surname Alphonse?
- 1,318 people in the United States had the surname Alphonse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,253 Americans. It ranked 20,216th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Alphonse?
- In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Alphonse identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Alphonse getting more or less common?
- More common. 934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,318 in 2010, up 41%.
- Is Alphonse also a first name?
- Yes. Alphonse is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.