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    The surname Drinkard

    A surname, carried by 2,114 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D652

    Drinkard: #14,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Drinkard #14,201, 2,114 people Drinkard: #14,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Drinkard #14,201, 2,114 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drinkard is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,114 people named Drinkard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,058.

    #14,201
    rank among US surnames
    2,114
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #13,540)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,197Riggio2,115145,979
    #14,201Neher2,114146,048
    #14,208Sprayberry2,113146,117

    Who is named Drinkard

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

    77% of people named Drinkard identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Drinkards

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Cissy Houston
      American singer (1933–2024)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Drinkard

    Drinkard has the Soundex code D652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Drinkard?
    2,114 people in the United States had the surname Drinkard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. It ranked 14,201st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Drinkard?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Drinkard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Drinkard?
    Cissy Houston, American singer (1933–2024).
    Where is the surname Drinkard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Drinkard in the United States.
    Is the surname Drinkard getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,114 in 2010, up 2.7%.