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    The surname Northern

    A surname, carried by 3,643 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N636

    Northern: #8,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Northern #8,981, 3,643 people Northern: #8,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Northern #8,981, 3,643 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Northern is more common than 94.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,643 people named Northern in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,750 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,496.

    #8,981
    rank among US surnames
    3,643
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,660)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,975Bresnahan3,64684,681
    #8,977Chandra3,64584,704
    #8,980Hartin3,64484,727
    #8,981Northern3,64384,750
    #8,985Trigg3,64284,774
    #8,986Helsel3,64184,797
    #8,989Morman3,64084,820

    Who is named Northern

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

    56% of people named Northern identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Northern

    Northern has the Soundex code N636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N636.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Northern?
    3,643 people in the United States had the surname Northern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,750 Americans. It ranked 8,981st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Northern?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Northern identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Northern getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,643 in 2010, up 4.2%.