The surname Betters
A surname, carried by 1,008 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B362
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,008 people named Betters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,123.
#24,736
rank among US surnames
1,008
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
-10.2%
change since 2000 (was #21,638)
Who is named Betters
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
67% of people named Betters identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 67%
- Black (not Hispanic) 23%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
- Two or more races 3.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Betters has the Soundex code B362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B362.
Questions
- How common is the surname Betters?
- 1,008 people in the United States had the surname Betters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. It ranked 24,736th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Betters?
- In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Betters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Betters getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,008 in 2010, down 10%.