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    The surname Estill

    A surname, carried by 1,305 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E234

    Estill: #20,364 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Estill #20,364, 1,305 people Estill: #20,364 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Estill #20,364, 1,305 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Estill is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,305 people named Estill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. That is down 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,382.

    #20,364
    rank among US surnames
    1,305
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,447)

    Who is named Estill

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

    84% of people named Estill identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Estill

    Estill has the Soundex code E234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E234.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Estill?
    1,305 people in the United States had the surname Estill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Estill?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Estill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Estill getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, down 5.6%.