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    The surname Settles

    A surname, carried by 6,137 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S342

    Settles: #5,656 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Settles #5,656, 6,137 people Settles: #5,656 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Settles #5,656, 6,137 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Settles is more common than 96.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,137 people named Settles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,309 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,678.

    #5,656
    rank among US surnames
    6,137
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,603)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,651Harold6,14150,276
    #5,654Ligon6,14050,284
    #5,655Stilwell6,13850,301
    #5,656Settles6,13750,309

    Who is named Settles

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

    55% of people named Settles identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • 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 Settles

    Settles has the Soundex code S342, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S342.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Settles?
    6,137 people in the United States had the surname Settles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,309 Americans. It ranked 5,656th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Settles?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Settles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Settles getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,137 in 2010, up 8.1%.