How common is the surname Counts?

9,713 people in the United States had the surname Counts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,787 Americans. It ranked 3,664th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Counts getting more or less common?

More common. 9,584 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,713 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Counts

A surname, carried by 9,713 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Counts is more common than 97.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,713 people named Counts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,787 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,584.

#3,664

rank among US surnames

9,713

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,420)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,655	Melo	9,731	31,728
#3,656	Keaton	9,723	31,754
#3,657	Handley	9,722	31,757
#3,659	Ledezma	9,721	31,761
#3,660	Binder	9,720	31,764
#3,662	Xie	9,716	31,777
#3,663	Kelleher	9,714	31,784

Who is named Counts

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

80% of people named Counts identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Counts

Conatser

Counts has the Soundex code C532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C532.

Questions

How common is the surname Counts?: 9,713 people in the United States had the surname Counts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,787 Americans. It ranked 3,664th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Counts?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Counts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Counts getting more or less common?: More common. 9,584 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,713 in 2010, up 1.3%.