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    The surname Center

    A surname, carried by 2,963 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C536

    Center: #10,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Center #10,765, 2,963 people Center: #10,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Center #10,765, 2,963 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Center is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    From center.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,963 people named Center in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,200 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,950.

    #10,765
    rank among US surnames
    2,963
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #10,074)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,756Bellard2,966104,095
    #10,758Butera2,965104,130
    #10,763Campanella2,964104,165
    #10,765Center2,963104,200
    #10,769Collinsworth2,962104,235
    #10,772Baranowski2,961104,271

    Who is named Center

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

    87% of people named Center identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    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 Center

    Center has the Soundex code C536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C536.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Center come from?
    From center.
    How common is the surname Center?
    2,963 people in the United States had the surname Center in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,200 Americans. It ranked 10,765th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Center?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Center identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Center getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,950 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,963 in 2010, up 0.4%.