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    The surname Rester

    A surname, carried by 1,127 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R236

    Rester: #22,733 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rester #22,733, 1,127 people Rester: #22,733 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rester #22,733, 1,127 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rester is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,127 people named Rester in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,953 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,082.

    #22,733
    rank among US surnames
    1,127
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,240)

    Who is named Rester

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

    91% of people named Rester identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rester

    Rester has the Soundex code R236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rester?
    1,127 people in the United States had the surname Rester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,953 Americans. It ranked 22,733rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rester?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Rester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rester getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,127 in 2010, up 4.2%.