The surname Sessoms
A surname, carried by 4,044 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S252
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,044 people named Sessoms in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,347 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,802.
#8,206
rank among US surnames
4,044
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+6.4%
change since 2000 (was #8,044)
Who is named Sessoms
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
49% of people named Sessoms identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 49%
- White (not Hispanic) 45%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Sessoms
Sessoms has the Soundex code S252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S252.
Questions
- How common is the surname Sessoms?
- 4,044 people in the United States had the surname Sessoms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,347 Americans. It ranked 8,206th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sessoms?
- In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Sessoms identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Sessoms getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,802 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,044 in 2010, up 6.4%.