How common is the surname Custer?

10,790 people in the United States had the surname Custer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,614 Americans. It ranked 3,324th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Custer?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Custer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Custer?

Thomas Custer, 1845-1876 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, followed by Bob Custer.

Where is the surname Custer most common?

Wikidata records people named Custer in the United States.

Is the surname Custer getting more or less common?

More common. 10,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,790 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Custer

A surname, carried by 10,790 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Custer is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,790 people named Custer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,614 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,684.

#3,324

rank among US surnames

10,790

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #3,110)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,315	Nolen	10,820	28,535
#3,316	Hardesty	10,817	28,543
#3,317	Pauley	10,809	28,564
#3,318	Haddad	10,804	28,577
#3,319	Reiter	10,802	28,582
#3,320	Van	10,798	28,593
#3,322	Robins	10,797	28,595

Who is named Custer

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

93% of people named Custer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Custers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Custer
1845-1876 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Bob Custer
American actor (1898-1974)
Cole Custer
American racing driver (born 1998)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Custer

Custer has the Soundex code C236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C236.

Questions

How common is the surname Custer?: 10,790 people in the United States had the surname Custer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,614 Americans. It ranked 3,324th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Custer?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Custer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Custer?: Thomas Custer, 1845-1876 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, followed by Bob Custer.
Where is the surname Custer most common?: Wikidata records people named Custer in the United States.
Is the surname Custer getting more or less common?: More common. 10,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,790 in 2010, up 1.0%.