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    The surname Offer

    A Norman occupational surname, carried by 638 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O160

    Offer: #35,294 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Offer #35,294, 638 people Offer: #35,294 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Offer #35,294, 638 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Offer is more common than 78.2% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    Occupational surname for a goldsmith, from Norman orfrer (“goldsmith”); compare French orfèvre (“goldsmith”). Also borrowed from German Offer.

    Offer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 638 people named Offer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 483,927 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 616.

    #35,294
    rank among US surnames
    638
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #34,711)

    Who is named Offer

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

    57% of people named Offer identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Offer come from?
    Occupational surname for a goldsmith, from Norman orfrer (“goldsmith”); compare French orfèvre (“goldsmith”). Also borrowed from German Offer.
    How common is the surname Offer?
    638 people in the United States had the surname Offer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 483,927 Americans. It ranked 35,294th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Offer?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Offer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Offer?
    Offer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Offer getting more or less common?
    More common. 616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 638 in 2010, up 3.6%.