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The surname Essig

A surname, carried by 2,175 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E220

Essig: #13,884 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Essig #13,884, 2,175 people Essig: #13,884 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Essig #13,884, 2,175 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Essig is more common than 91.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,175 people named Essig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,952 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,032.

#13,884
rank among US surnames
2,175
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+7%
change since 2000 (was #13,690)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,883Vandenheuvel2,176141,887
#13,884Essig2,175141,952
#13,887Ruggieri2,174142,017
#13,893Moberly2,173142,083

Who is named Essig

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

94% of people named Essig identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Essig

Essig has the Soundex code E220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E220.

Questions

How common is the surname Essig?
2,175 people in the United States had the surname Essig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,952 Americans. It ranked 13,884th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Essig?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Essig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Essig getting more or less common?
More common. 2,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,175 in 2010, up 7.0%.