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    The surname Jefferis

    A surname, carried by 1,117 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex J162

    Jefferis: #22,906 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Jefferis #22,906, 1,117 people Jefferis: #22,906 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jefferis #22,906, 1,117 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jefferis is more common than 85.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,117 people named Jefferis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,406 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,027.

    #22,906
    rank among US surnames
    1,117
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,191)

    Who is named Jefferis

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

    95% of people named Jefferis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    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 Jefferis

    Jefferis has the Soundex code J162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J162.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Jefferis?
    1,117 people in the United States had the surname Jefferis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,406 Americans. It ranked 22,906th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jefferis?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Jefferis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Jefferis getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,117 in 2010, up 8.8%.