How common is the surname Below?

1,087 people in the United States had the surname Below in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. It ranked 23,397th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Below?

Fred Below, American musician (1926–1988).

Where is the surname Below most common?

Wikidata records people named Below in the United States.

Is the surname Below getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,087 in 2010, down 5.1%.

The surname Below

A surname, carried by 1,087 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Below is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,087 people named Below in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. That is down 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,146.

#23,397

rank among US surnames

1,087

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,307)

Who is named Below

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

80% of people named Below identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Belows

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fred Below
American musician (1926–1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Below

Below has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

Questions

How common is the surname Below?: 1,087 people in the United States had the surname Below in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. It ranked 23,397th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Below?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Below identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Below?: Fred Below, American musician (1926–1988).
Where is the surname Below most common?: Wikidata records people named Below in the United States.
Is the surname Below getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,087 in 2010, down 5.1%.