How common is the surname Mounts?

3,960 people in the United States had the surname Mounts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,966 Americans. It ranked 8,361st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mounts?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mounts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mounts getting more or less common?

More common. 3,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,960 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Mounts

A surname, carried by 3,960 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mounts is more common than 94.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,960 people named Mounts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,966 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,851.

#8,361

rank among US surnames

3,960

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,971)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,353	Ambrosio	3,963	77,907
#8,356	Hiles	3,962	77,927
#8,359	Brunk	3,961	77,946
#8,361	Mounts	3,960	77,966
#8,364	Taliaferro	3,959	77,986
#8,365	Schade	3,958	78,005
#8,368	Popovich	3,957	78,025

Who is named Mounts

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

93% of people named Mounts identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mounts

Mounts has the Soundex code M532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M532.

Questions

How common is the surname Mounts?: 3,960 people in the United States had the surname Mounts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,966 Americans. It ranked 8,361st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mounts?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mounts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mounts getting more or less common?: More common. 3,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,960 in 2010, up 2.8%.