How common is the surname Armstead?

7,919 people in the United States had the surname Armstead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,988 Americans. It ranked 4,480th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Armstead?

Ray Armstead, American athletics competitor (born 1960), followed by Malcolm Armstead.

Where is the surname Armstead most common?

Wikidata records people named Armstead in the United States.

Is the surname Armstead getting more or less common?

More common. 7,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,919 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Armstead

A surname, carried by 7,919 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Armstead is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Reduced variant of Armistead.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,919 people named Armstead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,988 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,162.

#4,480

rank among US surnames

7,919

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,548)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,471	Urias	7,941	38,880
#4,472	Haddock	7,940	38,885
#4,473	Appel	7,938	38,895
#4,474	Rupert	7,936	38,904
#4,475	McInnis	7,933	38,919
#4,476	Alam	7,932	38,924
#4,477	Buxton	7,925	38,958

Who is named Armstead

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

76% of people named Armstead identified as Black (not Hispanic), 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 76%
White (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Armsteads

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ray Armstead
American athletics competitor (born 1960)
Malcolm Armstead
American basketball player, born 1989
Izora Armstead
American singer (1942–2004)
Arik Armstead
American football player (born 1993)
Terron Armstead
American football player, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Armstead

Armstead has the Soundex code A652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A652.

Questions

Where does the surname Armstead come from?: Reduced variant of Armistead.
How common is the surname Armstead?: 7,919 people in the United States had the surname Armstead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,988 Americans. It ranked 4,480th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Armstead?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Armstead identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Armstead?: Ray Armstead, American athletics competitor (born 1960), followed by Malcolm Armstead.
Where is the surname Armstead most common?: Wikidata records people named Armstead in the United States.
Is the surname Armstead getting more or less common?: More common. 7,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,919 in 2010, up 11%.