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    The surname Ancrum

    A surname, carried by 1,098 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A526

    Ancrum: #23,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ancrum #23,222, 1,098 people Ancrum: #23,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ancrum #23,222, 1,098 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ancrum is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,098 people named Ancrum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,189 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 963.

    #23,222
    rank among US surnames
    1,098
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14%
    change since 2000 (was #24,368)

    Who is named Ancrum

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

    94% of people named Ancrum identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Ancrum

    Ancrum has the Soundex code A526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A526.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ancrum?
    1,098 people in the United States had the surname Ancrum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,189 Americans. It ranked 23,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ancrum?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ancrum identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ancrum getting more or less common?
    More common. 963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,098 in 2010, up 14%.