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    The surname Ector

    A surname, carried by 1,077 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E236

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ector is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,077 people named Ector in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,028.

    #23,576
    rank among US surnames
    1,077
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,167)

    Who is named Ector

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

    74% of people named Ector identified as Black (not Hispanic), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 74%
    • White (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ector

    Ector has the Soundex code E236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ector?
    1,077 people in the United States had the surname Ector in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. It ranked 23,576th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ector?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Ector identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ector getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,077 in 2010, up 4.8%.