How common is the surname Esser?

4,297 people in the United States had the surname Esser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,851 Americans. It ranked 7,724th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Esser?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Esser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Esser?

Franz Esser, Association footballer (1900-1982).

Where is the surname Esser most common?

Wikidata records people named Esser in Germany.

Is the surname Esser getting more or less common?

More common. 4,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,297 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Esser

A surname, carried by 4,297 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Esser is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,297 people named Esser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,851 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,164.

#7,724

rank among US surnames

4,297

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,378)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,720	Theobald	4,300	71,801
#7,721	Till	4,299	71,818
#7,723	Higley	4,298	71,835
#7,724	Esser	4,297	71,851
#7,725	Wisner	4,296	71,868
#7,730	Warnick	4,295	71,885

Who is named Esser

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

94% of people named Esser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Essers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Franz Esser
Association footballer (1900-1982)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Esser

Esser has the Soundex code E260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E260.

Questions

How common is the surname Esser?: 4,297 people in the United States had the surname Esser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,851 Americans. It ranked 7,724th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Esser?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Esser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Esser?: Franz Esser, Association footballer (1900-1982).
Where is the surname Esser most common?: Wikidata records people named Esser in Germany.
Is the surname Esser getting more or less common?: More common. 4,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,297 in 2010, up 3.2%.