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The surname Eskew

A surname, carried by 3,834 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E200

Eskew: #8,590 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Eskew #8,590, 3,834 people Eskew: #8,590 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Eskew #8,590, 3,834 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eskew is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,834 people named Eskew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,528 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,732.

#8,590
rank among US surnames
3,834
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+2.7%
change since 2000 (was #8,171)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,586Kenna3,83780,465
#8,587Leyba3,83680,486
#8,589Willette3,83580,507
#8,590Weise3,83480,528
#8,593Cueto3,83380,549
#8,594Haack3,83280,570

Who is named Eskew

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

89% of people named Eskew identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 89%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eskew

Eskew has the Soundex code E200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E200.

Questions

How common is the surname Eskew?
3,834 people in the United States had the surname Eskew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,528 Americans. It ranked 8,590th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eskew?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Eskew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Eskew getting more or less common?
More common. 3,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,834 in 2010, up 2.7%.