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    The surname Miser

    A surname, carried by 1,322 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M260

    Miser: #20,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Miser #20,172, 1,322 people Miser: #20,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Miser #20,172, 1,322 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Miser is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,322 people named Miser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,544 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,292.

    #20,172
    rank among US surnames
    1,322
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,388)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,165Meckley1,323233,368
    #20,172Melchior1,322233,544

    Who is named Miser

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

    85% of people named Miser identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Miser

    Miser has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Miser?
    1,322 people in the United States had the surname Miser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,544 Americans. It ranked 20,172nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Miser?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Miser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Miser getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,322 in 2010, up 2.3%.