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    The surname Ater

    A surname, carried by 1,195 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A360

    Ater: #21,759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ater #21,759, 1,195 people Ater: #21,759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ater #21,759, 1,195 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ater is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,195 people named Ater in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,153.

    #21,759
    rank among US surnames
    1,195
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,209)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,750Celli1,196258,148
    #21,759Finnigan1,195258,364

    Who is named Ater

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

    86% of people named Ater identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ater

    Ater has the Soundex code A360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ater?
    1,195 people in the United States had the surname Ater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. It ranked 21,759th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ater?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Ater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ater getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,195 in 2010, up 3.6%.