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    The surname Ours

    A surname, carried by 1,585 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O620

    Ours: #17,699 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ours #17,699, 1,585 people Ours: #17,699 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ours #17,699, 1,585 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ours is more common than 89.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,585 people named Ours in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,792 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,533.

    #17,699
    rank among US surnames
    1,585
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,073)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,691Pangburn1,586194,669
    #17,699Orwig1,585194,792

    Who is named Ours

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

    97% of people named Ours identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ours

    Ours has the Soundex code O620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ours?
    1,585 people in the United States had the surname Ours in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,792 Americans. It ranked 17,699th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ours?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ours identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ours getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,585 in 2010, up 3.4%.