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    The surname Edmonds

    A patronymic surname, carried by 24,857 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E355

    Edmonds: #1,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Edmonds #1,432, 24,857 people Edmonds: #1,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Edmonds #1,432, 24,857 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edmonds is more common than 99.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as a patronymic.

    Edmonds is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 24,857 people named Edmonds in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,421 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,210.

    #1,432
    rank among US surnames
    24,857
    people in 2010
    8.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #1,339)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,423Curran24,96912,365
    #1,424Childress24,93712,381
    #1,425Fish24,92412,387
    #1,426Elkins24,90212,398
    #1,427Daley24,90112,399
    #1,428Lowry24,89512,402
    #1,430Solano24,88112,409

    Who is named Edmonds

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

    61% of people named Edmonds identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Edmonds

    Edmonds 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 Edmonds?
    24,857 people in the United States had the surname Edmonds in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,421 Americans. It ranked 1,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Edmonds?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Edmonds identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Edmonds?
    Edmonds is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Edmonds getting more or less common?
    More common. 24,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,857 in 2010, up 2.7%.