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    The surname Edgemon

    A German surname, carried by 755 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E325

    Edgemon: #30,825 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Edgemon #30,825, 755 people Edgemon: #30,825 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Edgemon #30,825, 755 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edgemon is more common than 81% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Perhaps a variant of Hedgeman. Alternatively, it may be an Americanized form of German Etschmann.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 755 people named Edgemon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 408,934 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 745.

    #30,825
    rank among US surnames
    755
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #29,784)

    Who is named Edgemon

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

    97% of people named Edgemon identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Edgemon

    Edgemon has the Soundex code E325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E325.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Edgemon come from?
    Perhaps a variant of Hedgeman. Alternatively, it may be an Americanized form of German Etschmann.
    How common is the surname Edgemon?
    755 people in the United States had the surname Edgemon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 408,934 Americans. It ranked 30,825th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Edgemon?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Edgemon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Edgemon getting more or less common?
    More common. 745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 755 in 2010, up 1.3%.