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    The surname Courts

    A surname, carried by 1,598 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C632

    Courts: #17,586 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Courts #17,586, 1,598 people Courts: #17,586 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Courts #17,586, 1,598 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Courts is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,598 people named Courts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,207 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,591.

    #17,586
    rank among US surnames
    1,598
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,602)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,582Bick1,599193,087
    #17,586Ploof1,598193,207

    Who is named Courts

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

    65% of people named Courts identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Courts

    Courts has the Soundex code C632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C632.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Courts?
    1,598 people in the United States had the surname Courts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,207 Americans. It ranked 17,586th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Courts?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Courts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Courts getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,598 in 2010, up 0.4%.