How common is the surname Embree?

2,338 people in the United States had the surname Embree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,055 Americans. It ranked 13,109th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Embree?

Lauren Embree, American college tennis player, international tennis player.

Where is the surname Embree most common?

Wikidata records people named Embree in the United States.

How do you pronounce Embree?

Embree is /ˈɛm.bɹi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Embree getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,338 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Embree

A surname, carried by 2,338 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɛm.bɹi/ 2 syllables Soundex E516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Embree is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,338 people named Embree in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,055 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,386.

#13,109

rank among US surnames

2,338

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #12,015)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,101	Vansant	2,340	131,943
#13,107	Glowacki	2,339	131,999
#13,109	Pabst	2,338	132,055
#13,115	Leming	2,337	132,112

Who is named Embree

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

91% of people named Embree identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Embrees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lauren Embree
American college tennis player, international tennis player, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Embree

Embree has the Soundex code E516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E516.

Questions

How common is the surname Embree?: 2,338 people in the United States had the surname Embree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,055 Americans. It ranked 13,109th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Embree?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Embree identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Embree?: Lauren Embree, American college tennis player, international tennis player.
Where is the surname Embree most common?: Wikidata records people named Embree in the United States.
How do you pronounce Embree?: Embree is /ˈɛm.bɹi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Embree getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,338 in 2010, down 2.0%.