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    The surname Eatman

    A surname, carried by 1,183 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E355

    Eatman: #21,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Eatman #21,940, 1,183 people Eatman: #21,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Eatman #21,940, 1,183 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eatman is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,183 people named Eatman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 921.

    #21,940
    rank among US surnames
    1,183
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.4%
    change since 2000 (was #25,242)

    Who is named Eatman

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

    55% of people named Eatman identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Eatman

    Eatman has the Soundex code E355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E355.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Eatman?
    1,183 people in the United States had the surname Eatman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. It ranked 21,940th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eatman?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Eatman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Eatman getting more or less common?
    More common. 921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,183 in 2010, up 28%.