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The surname Satterwhite

A surname, carried by 5,057 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S363

Satterwhite: #6,678 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Satterwhite #6,678, 5,057 people Satterwhite: #6,678 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Satterwhite #6,678, 5,057 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Satterwhite is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,057 people named Satterwhite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,053 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,001.

#6,678
rank among US surnames
5,057
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.1%
change since 2000 (was #6,274)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,673Bierman5,06460,969
#6,674Johanson5,06161,005
#6,676Fall5,06061,017
#6,678Fermin5,05761,053

Who is named Satterwhite

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

56% of people named Satterwhite identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 56%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
  • Two or more races 2.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Satterwhite

Satterwhite has the Soundex code S363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S363.

Questions

How common is the surname Satterwhite?
5,057 people in the United States had the surname Satterwhite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,053 Americans. It ranked 6,678th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Satterwhite?
In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Satterwhite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Satterwhite getting more or less common?
More common. 5,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,057 in 2010, up 1.1%.