How common is the surname Choice?

2,114 people in the United States had the surname Choice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. It ranked 14,201st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Choice getting more or less common?

More common. 2,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,114 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Choice

A surname, carried by 2,114 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Choice is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,114 people named Choice in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,055.

#14,201

rank among US surnames

2,114

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,554)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,197	Riggio	2,115	145,979
#14,201	Neher	2,114	146,048
#14,208	Sprayberry	2,113	146,117

Who is named Choice

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

86% of people named Choice identified as Black (not Hispanic), 6.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 86%
White (not Hispanic) 6.9%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Choice

Choice has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.

Questions

How common is the surname Choice?: 2,114 people in the United States had the surname Choice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. It ranked 14,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Choice?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Choice identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Choice getting more or less common?: More common. 2,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,114 in 2010, up 2.9%.