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The surname Ethier

A French surname, carried by 2,012 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E360

Ethier: #14,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ethier #14,761, 2,012 people Ethier: #14,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ethier #14,761, 2,012 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ethier is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from Canadian French Éthier.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,012 people named Ethier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,452 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,949.

#14,761
rank among US surnames
2,012
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+3.2%
change since 2000 (was #14,149)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,755Dittrich2,013153,376
#14,761Natarajan2,012153,452
#14,768Ban2,011153,528

Who is named Ethier

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

94% of people named Ethier identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ethiers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Andre Ethier
    American former professional baseball player, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

  • Achee

Surnames that sound like Ethier

Ethier has the Soundex code E360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E360.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ethier come from?
Borrowed from Canadian French Éthier.
How common is the surname Ethier?
2,012 people in the United States had the surname Ethier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,452 Americans. It ranked 14,761st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ethier?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ethier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ethier?
Andre Ethier, American former professional baseball player.
Where is the surname Ethier most common?
Wikidata records people named Ethier in the United States.
Is the surname Ethier getting more or less common?
More common. 1,949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,012 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Ethier?
Achee.