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    The surname Scribner

    A surname, carried by 6,558 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S615

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scribner is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,558 people named Scribner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,079 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,384.

    #5,311
    rank among US surnames
    6,558
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,043)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,302Lowell6,56947,000
    #5,303Copley6,56847,008
    #5,304Hazelwood6,56747,015
    #5,305Rawlins6,56647,022
    #5,306Cobbs6,56547,029
    #5,308Karl6,56447,036
    #5,309Beaudoin6,56247,051

    Who is named Scribner

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

    90% of people named Scribner identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Scribners

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marcus Scribner
      American actor, born 2000
    • Frank Lamson-Scribner
      American botanist (1851-1938)
    • Belding Hibbard Scribner
      American medical researcher (1921–2003)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scribner

    Scribner has the Soundex code S615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S615.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Scribner?
    6,558 people in the United States had the surname Scribner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,079 Americans. It ranked 5,311th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scribner?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Scribner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Scribner?
    Marcus Scribner, American actor, followed by Frank Lamson-Scribner.
    Where is the surname Scribner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Scribner in the United States.
    Is the surname Scribner getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,558 in 2010, up 2.7%.