The surname Erb
A surname, carried by 9,060 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex E610
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 9,060 people named Erb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,078 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,810.
#3,923
rank among US surnames
9,060
people in 2010
3.1
per 100,000 Americans
+2.8%
change since 2000 (was #3,699)
Who is named Erb
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Erb identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Erb has the Soundex code E610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E610.
Questions
- How common is the surname Erb?
- 9,060 people in the United States had the surname Erb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,078 Americans. It ranked 3,923rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Erb?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Erb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Erb getting more or less common?
- More common. 8,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,060 in 2010, up 2.8%.