How common is the surname Currier?

10,513 people in the United States had the surname Currier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,368 Americans. It ranked 3,403rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Currier?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Currier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Currier?

Frank Currier, American actor (1857-1928), followed by Russell Currier.

Where is the surname Currier most common?

Wikidata records people named Currier in the United States.

Is the surname Currier getting more or less common?

More common. 9,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,513 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Currier

An occupational surname, carried by 10,513 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Currier is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a currier.

Currier is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,513 people named Currier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,368 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,870.

#3,403

rank among US surnames

10,513

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,326)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,394	Villatoro	10,535	29,307
#3,395	O'Shea	10,531	29,318
#3,396	Kimmel	10,528	29,326
#3,397	Conti	10,526	29,332
#3,398	Turley	10,524	29,337
#3,400	Acker	10,519	29,351
#3,401	Crist	10,518	29,354

Who is named Currier

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

95% of people named Currier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Curriers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Currier
American actor (1857-1928)
Russell Currier
American biathlete, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Currier

Currier has the Soundex code C660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C660.

Questions

How common is the surname Currier?: 10,513 people in the United States had the surname Currier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,368 Americans. It ranked 3,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Currier?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Currier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Currier?: Frank Currier, American actor (1857-1928), followed by Russell Currier.
Where is the surname Currier most common?: Wikidata records people named Currier in the United States.
What type of surname is Currier?: Currier is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Currier getting more or less common?: More common. 9,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,513 in 2010, up 6.5%.