How common is the surname Cundiff?

6,283 people in the United States had the surname Cundiff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,140 Americans. It ranked 5,531st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cundiff getting more or less common?

More common. 6,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,283 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Cundiff

A surname, carried by 6,283 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C531

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cundiff is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,283 people named Cundiff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,140 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,231.

#5,531

rank among US surnames

6,283

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,165)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,525	Tinker	6,291	49,077
#5,529	Carrigan	6,290	49,085
#5,530	Kamara	6,288	49,101
#5,531	Hardee	6,283	49,140
#5,533	Boylan	6,280	49,163
#5,534	Linden	6,276	49,195

Who is named Cundiff

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

92% of people named Cundiff identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Cundiff?: 6,283 people in the United States had the surname Cundiff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,140 Americans. It ranked 5,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cundiff?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cundiff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cundiff getting more or less common?: More common. 6,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,283 in 2010, up 0.8%.