How common is the surname Echols?

14,456 people in the United States had the surname Echols in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,358 Americans. It ranked 2,501st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Echols?

Sheila Echols, American athletics competitor (born 1964), followed by Alice Echols.

Where is the surname Echols most common?

Wikidata records people named Echols in the United States.

Is the surname Echols getting more or less common?

More common. 13,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,456 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Echols

A surname, carried by 14,456 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Echols is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,456 people named Echols in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,358 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,741.

#2,501

rank among US surnames

14,456

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,417)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,492	Higginbotham	14,489	21,309
#2,493	Carnes	14,487	21,312
#2,494	Tobias	14,482	21,319
#2,495	Soria	14,477	21,327
#2,496	Limon	14,472	21,334
#2,497	Diggs	14,467	21,341
#2,498	Parish	14,466	21,343

Who is named Echols

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

48% of people named Echols identified as white (not Hispanic), 47% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 48%
Black (not Hispanic) 47%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Echolss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sheila Echols
American athletics competitor (born 1964)
Alice Echols
American historian, born 1951
Lil Mosey
American rapper and singer-songwriter, born 2002

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Echols

Echols has the Soundex code E242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E242.

Questions

How common is the surname Echols?: 14,456 people in the United States had the surname Echols in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,358 Americans. It ranked 2,501st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Echols?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Echols identified as white (not Hispanic), and 47% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Echols?: Sheila Echols, American athletics competitor (born 1964), followed by Alice Echols.
Where is the surname Echols most common?: Wikidata records people named Echols in the United States.
Is the surname Echols getting more or less common?: More common. 13,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,456 in 2010, up 5.2%.