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    The surname Current

    A surname, carried by 2,535 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C653

    Current: #12,269 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Current #12,269, 2,535 people Current: #12,269 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Current #12,269, 2,535 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Current is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    Probably a variant of Currant.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,535 people named Current in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,793 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,312.

    #12,269
    rank among US surnames
    2,535
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,330)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,261Starner2,537121,697
    #12,264Lounsbury2,536121,745
    #12,269Berggren2,535121,793
    #12,274Vinyard2,534121,841
    #12,276Altizer2,533121,889

    Who is named Current

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

    88% of people named Current identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Current

    Current has the Soundex code C653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C653.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Current come from?
    Probably a variant of Currant.
    How common is the surname Current?
    2,535 people in the United States had the surname Current in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,793 Americans. It ranked 12,269th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Current?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Current identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Current getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,535 in 2010, up 9.6%.