The surname Centers
A surname, carried by 2,174 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C536
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,174 people named Centers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,017 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,123.
#13,887
rank among US surnames
2,174
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+2.4%
change since 2000 (was #13,194)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13,883 | Vandenheuvel | 2,176 | 141,887 |
| #13,884 | Essig | 2,175 | 141,952 |
| #13,887 | Ruggieri | 2,174 | 142,017 |
| #13,893 | Moberly | 2,173 | 142,083 |
Who is named Centers
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Centers identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Centers has the Soundex code C536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C536.
Questions
- How common is the surname Centers?
- 2,174 people in the United States had the surname Centers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,017 Americans. It ranked 13,887th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Centers?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Centers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Centers getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,174 in 2010, up 2.4%.