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    The surname Bigger

    A surname, carried by 2,314 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B260

    Bigger: #13,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bigger #13,210, 2,314 people Bigger: #13,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bigger #13,210, 2,314 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bigger is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,314 people named Bigger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,425 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,298.

    #13,210
    rank among US surnames
    2,314
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,393)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,203Lamphere2,315133,367
    #13,210Wigfall2,314133,425
    #13,214Pattillo2,313133,483
    #13,219Devitt2,312133,540

    Who is named Bigger

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

    85% of people named Bigger identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bigger

    Bigger has the Soundex code B260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bigger?
    2,314 people in the United States had the surname Bigger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,425 Americans. It ranked 13,210th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bigger?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Bigger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bigger getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,314 in 2010, up 0.7%.