How common is the surname Eads?

9,056 people in the United States had the surname Eads in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,093 Americans. It ranked 3,925th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eads?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eads identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eads?

George Eads, American actor, followed by James Buchanan Eads.

Where is the surname Eads most common?

Wikidata records people named Eads in the United States.

Is the surname Eads getting more or less common?

More common. 8,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,056 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Eads

A surname, carried by 9,056 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex E320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eads is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,056 people named Eads in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,093 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,853.

#3,925

rank among US surnames

9,056

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,682)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,917	Kovacs	9,072	34,033
#3,918	Davey	9,071	34,037
#3,919	Redden	9,067	34,052
#3,920	Goad	9,062	34,070
#3,922	Lazaro	9,061	34,074
#3,923	Erb	9,060	34,078
#3,924	Putman	9,058	34,085

Who is named Eads

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

94% of people named Eads identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eadss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Eads
American actor, born 1967
James Buchanan Eads
American civil engineer (1820–1887)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eads

Eades

Eads has the Soundex code E320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E320.

Questions

How common is the surname Eads?: 9,056 people in the United States had the surname Eads in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,093 Americans. It ranked 3,925th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eads?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eads identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eads?: George Eads, American actor, followed by James Buchanan Eads.
Where is the surname Eads most common?: Wikidata records people named Eads in the United States.
Is the surname Eads getting more or less common?: More common. 8,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,056 in 2010, up 2.3%.