The surname Karcher
A surname, carried by 3,746 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K626
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,746 people named Karcher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,420 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,958.
#8,756
rank among US surnames
3,746
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+26.6%
change since 2000 (was #10,049)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8,747 | Stansberry | 3,750 | 82,332 |
| #8,749 | Boutin | 3,749 | 82,354 |
| #8,753 | Westerfield | 3,748 | 82,376 |
| #8,756 | Karcher | 3,746 | 82,420 |
| #8,758 | Avitia | 3,745 | 82,442 |
| #8,761 | Files | 3,744 | 82,464 |
| #8,763 | Henn | 3,743 | 82,486 |
Who is named Karcher
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Karcher identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Karcher has the Soundex code K626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K626.
Questions
- How common is the surname Karcher?
- 3,746 people in the United States had the surname Karcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,420 Americans. It ranked 8,756th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Karcher?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Karcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Karcher getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,746 in 2010, up 27%.