How common is the surname Counterman?

1,122 people in the United States had the surname Counterman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,174 Americans. It ranked 22,827th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Counterman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,125 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,122 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Counterman

A surname, carried by 1,122 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Counterman is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,122 people named Counterman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,174 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,125.

#22,827

rank among US surnames

1,122

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #21,605)

Who is named Counterman

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

94% of people named Counterman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Counterman

Counterman 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 Counterman?: 1,122 people in the United States had the surname Counterman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,174 Americans. It ranked 22,827th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Counterman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Counterman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Counterman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,125 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,122 in 2010, down 0.3%.