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The surname Etter

A surname, carried by 5,039 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E360

Etter: #6,701 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Etter #6,701, 5,039 people Etter: #6,701 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Etter #6,701, 5,039 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Etter is more common than 95.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,039 people named Etter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,271 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,975.

#6,701
rank among US surnames
5,039
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.3%
change since 2000 (was #6,304)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,697Pagel5,04361,223
#6,699Bodine5,04261,235
#6,700Hickerson5,04161,247
#6,701Messner5,03961,271
#6,704Dyke5,03761,296

Who is named Etter

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

90% of people named Etter identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Etter

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

Questions

How common is the surname Etter?
5,039 people in the United States had the surname Etter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,271 Americans. It ranked 6,701st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Etter?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Etter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Etter getting more or less common?
More common. 4,975 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,039 in 2010, up 1.3%.