The surname Earls
A surname, carried by 6,136 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex E642
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,136 people named Earls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,317 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,865.
#5,658
rank among US surnames
6,136
people in 2010
2.1
per 100,000 Americans
+4.6%
change since 2000 (was #5,457)
Who is named Earls
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Earls identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Black (not Hispanic) 17%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Earls
Earls has the Soundex code E642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E642.
Questions
- How common is the surname Earls?
- 6,136 people in the United States had the surname Earls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,317 Americans. It ranked 5,658th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Earls?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Earls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Earls getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,136 in 2010, up 4.6%.