How common is the surname Officer?

1,357 people in the United States had the surname Officer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,521 Americans. It ranked 19,814th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Officer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,357 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Officer

An occupational surname, carried by 1,357 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O126

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Officer is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

Officer (plural Officers) # (countable) A term of address or title for a police officer or sometimes a security guard or other authority figure. #: Officer Smith, please help me!

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,357 people named Officer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,521 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,301.

#19,814

rank among US surnames

1,357

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,272)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,814	Eckler	1,357	227,521
#19,823	Zaki	1,356	227,688

Who is named Officer

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

66% of people named Officer identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 2.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Officer come from?: Officer (plural Officers) # (countable) A term of address or title for a police officer or sometimes a security guard or other authority figure. #: Officer Smith, please help me!
How common is the surname Officer?: 1,357 people in the United States had the surname Officer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,521 Americans. It ranked 19,814th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Officer?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Officer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Officer?: Officer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Officer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,357 in 2010, up 4.3%.