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    The surname Esters

    A surname, carried by 1,582 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E236

    Esters: #17,720 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Esters #17,720, 1,582 people Esters: #17,720 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Esters #17,720, 1,582 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Esters is more common than 89.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,582 people named Esters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,162 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,448.

    #17,720
    rank among US surnames
    1,582
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,823)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,717Brodersen1,583195,038
    #17,720Dopp1,582195,162
    #17,726Fader1,581195,285

    Who is named Esters

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

    68% of people named Esters identified as Black (not Hispanic), 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 68%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Esters

    Esters has the Soundex code E236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Esters?
    1,582 people in the United States had the surname Esters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,162 Americans. It ranked 17,720th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Esters?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Esters identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Esters getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,582 in 2010, up 9.3%.