How common is the surname Reasoner?

2,050 people in the United States had the surname Reasoner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,608 Americans. It ranked 14,537th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reasoner?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Reasoner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reasoner?

Harry Reasoner, American journalist (1923–1991), followed by Marty Reasoner.

Where is the surname Reasoner most common?

Wikidata records people named Reasoner in the United States.

Is the surname Reasoner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,050 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Reasoner

A surname, carried by 2,050 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reasoner is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,050 people named Reasoner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,608 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,944.

#14,537

rank among US surnames

2,050

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,176)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,528	Choquette	2,052	150,461
#14,532	Anspach	2,051	150,534
#14,537	Wagnon	2,050	150,608
#14,545	Dolin	2,049	150,681

Who is named Reasoner

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

94% of people named Reasoner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reasoners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harry Reasoner
American journalist (1923–1991)
Marty Reasoner
American ice hockey player, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reasoner

Reasoner has the Soundex code R256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R256.

Questions

How common is the surname Reasoner?: 2,050 people in the United States had the surname Reasoner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,608 Americans. It ranked 14,537th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reasoner?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Reasoner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reasoner?: Harry Reasoner, American journalist (1923–1991), followed by Marty Reasoner.
Where is the surname Reasoner most common?: Wikidata records people named Reasoner in the United States.
Is the surname Reasoner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,050 in 2010, up 5.5%.