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    The surname Ast

    A surname, carried by 1,113 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex A230

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ast is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,113 people named Ast in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,065.

    #22,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,113
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #22,538)

    Who is named Ast

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

    94% of people named Ast identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ast

    Ast has the Soundex code A230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ast?
    1,113 people in the United States had the surname Ast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. It ranked 22,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ast?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ast getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,113 in 2010, up 4.5%.