The surname Nations
A surname, carried by 3,610 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N352
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,610 people named Nations in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,525 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,478.
#9,050
rank among US surnames
3,610
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+3.8%
change since 2000 (was #8,699)
Who is named Nations
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Nations identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Nations
Nations has the Soundex code N352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N352.
Questions
- How common is the surname Nations?
- 3,610 people in the United States had the surname Nations in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,525 Americans. It ranked 9,050th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Nations?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Nations identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Nations getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,610 in 2010, up 3.8%.