How common is the surname Archer?

34,949 people in the United States had the surname Archer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,834 Americans. It ranked 1,000th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Archer?

Anne Archer, American actress, followed by Beverly Archer.

Where is the surname Archer most common?

Wikidata records people named Archer in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Archer?

Archer is /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Archer getting more or less common?

More common. 33,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,949 in 2010, up 4.6%.

Is Archer also a first name?

Yes. Archer 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.

The surname Archer

A Norman occupational surname, carried by 34,949 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex A626 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Archer is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

A surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a bowman.

Archer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 34,949 people named Archer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,834 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 33,411.

#1,000

rank among US surnames

34,949

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #958)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#991	Hendrix	35,194	8,773
#992	Rollins	35,132	8,788
#993	Rowland	35,121	8,791
#994	Whitney	35,118	8,792
#995	Duke	35,053	8,808
#996	Odom	35,020	8,816
#997	Daugherty	34,987	8,825

Who is named Archer

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

80% of people named Archer identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Archers

16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anne Archer
American actress, born 1947
Beverly Archer
Actress from the United States, born 1948
John Archer
American actor (1915-1999)
Simon Archer
Badminton player, born 1973
Mary Archer
British chemist (born 1944)
William Reynolds Archer
American politician, 1928–2026
Chris Archer
American baseball player, born 1988
Mike Archer
Australian paleontologist, born 1945
Jofra Archer
Barbadian-English cricketer, born 1995
William S. Archer
American politician (1789-1855)
Wes Archer
American television animation director, born 1961
Dennis Archer
67th Mayor of Detroit, born 1942

Notable Archers come mostly from the United States (10), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Archer

Arcuri

Archer has the Soundex code A626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A626.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Archer come from?: Archer is Norman in origin.
How common is the surname Archer?: 34,949 people in the United States had the surname Archer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,834 Americans. It ranked 1,000th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Archer?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Archer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Archer?: Anne Archer, American actress, followed by Beverly Archer.
Where is the surname Archer most common?: Wikidata records people named Archer in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Archer?: Archer is /ˈɑɹ.t͡ʃɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Archer?: Archer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Archer getting more or less common?: More common. 33,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,949 in 2010, up 4.6%.
Is Archer also a first name?: Yes. Archer 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.