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    The surname Class

    A surname, carried by 2,352 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C420

    Class: #13,053 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Class #13,053, 2,352 people Class: #13,053 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Class #13,053, 2,352 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Class is more common than 92% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,352 people named Class in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,269 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,985.

    #13,053
    rank among US surnames
    2,352
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.5%
    change since 2000 (was #13,943)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,049Atkin2,353131,214
    #13,053Class2,352131,269
    #13,057Vowell2,351131,325

    Who is named Class

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

    54% of people named Class identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 43%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    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 Class

    Class has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Class?
    2,352 people in the United States had the surname Class in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,269 Americans. It ranked 13,053rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Class?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Class identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Class getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,352 in 2010, up 19%.