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    The surname Catron

    A surname, carried by 6,501 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkʰætɹən/ 2 syllables Soundex C365

    Catron: #5,356 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Catron #5,356, 6,501 people Catron: #5,356 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Catron #5,356, 6,501 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Catron is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,501 people named Catron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,492 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,956.

    #5,356
    rank among US surnames
    6,501
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,384)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,352Strait6,50547,463
    #5,353Rashid6,50447,470
    #5,355Ruble6,50347,477
    #5,356Doane6,50147,492
    #5,359Wyant6,49847,514

    Who is named Catron

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

    83% of people named Catron identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Catron

    Catron has the Soundex code C365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C365.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Catron?
    6,501 people in the United States had the surname Catron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,492 Americans. It ranked 5,356th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Catron?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Catron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Catron?
    Catron is /ˈkʰætɹən/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Catron getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,501 in 2010, up 9.2%.