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    The surname Recker

    A surname, carried by 3,471 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Recker: #9,373 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Recker #9,373, 3,471 people Recker: #9,373 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Recker #9,373, 3,471 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Recker is more common than 94.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,471 people named Recker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,950 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,029.

    #9,373
    rank among US surnames
    3,471
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.6%
    change since 2000 (was #9,842)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,365Callison3,47488,873
    #9,366Wear3,47388,899
    #9,368Liss3,47288,924
    #9,373Recker3,47188,950
    #9,375Canaday3,47088,976
    #9,378Foxworth3,46989,001
    #9,381Frechette3,46889,027

    Who is named Recker

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

    97% of people named Recker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Reckers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anthony Recker
      Baseball player, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Recker

    Recker has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Recker?
    3,471 people in the United States had the surname Recker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,950 Americans. It ranked 9,373rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Recker?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Recker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Recker?
    Anthony Recker, baseball player.
    Where is the surname Recker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Recker in the United States.
    Is the surname Recker getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,471 in 2010, up 15%.