How common is the surname Council?

6,964 people in the United States had the surname Council in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,335 Americans. It ranked 5,037th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Council?

Floyd Council, American blues guitarist and singer (1911-1976), followed by Ricky Council IV.

Where is the surname Council most common?

Wikidata records people named Council in the United States.

Is the surname Council getting more or less common?

More common. 6,584 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,964 in 2010, up 5.8%.

Is Council also a first name?

Yes. Council is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Council

A surname, carried by 6,964 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Council is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,964 people named Council in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,335 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,584.

#5,037

rank among US surnames

6,964

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,901)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,029	Heffner	6,980	44,233
#5,031	Barcenas	6,979	44,239
#5,032	Smithson	6,978	44,246
#5,033	Musick	6,972	44,284
#5,034	Bastian	6,967	44,315
#5,035	Qureshi	6,966	44,322
#5,036	Monteiro	6,965	44,328

Who is named Council

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

60% of people named Council identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 60%
White (not Hispanic) 34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Councils

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Floyd Council
American blues guitarist and singer (1911-1976)
Ricky Council IV
American basketball player, born 2001

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Council

Coniglio

Council has the Soundex code C524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C524.

Questions

How common is the surname Council?: 6,964 people in the United States had the surname Council in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,335 Americans. It ranked 5,037th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Council?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Council identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Council?: Floyd Council, American blues guitarist and singer (1911-1976), followed by Ricky Council IV.
Where is the surname Council most common?: Wikidata records people named Council in the United States.
Is the surname Council getting more or less common?: More common. 6,584 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,964 in 2010, up 5.8%.
Is Council also a first name?: Yes. Council is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.