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The surname Sons

A surname, carried by 2,110 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S520

Sons: #14,220 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sons #14,220, 2,110 people Sons: #14,220 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sons #14,220, 2,110 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sons is more common than 91.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,110 people named Sons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,325 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,983.

#14,220
rank among US surnames
2,110
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+6.4%
change since 2000 (was #13,967)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,213Fodor2,112146,186
#14,215Cruickshank2,111146,256
#14,220Cella2,110146,325
#14,223Lohse2,109146,394
#14,227Kepner2,108146,464

Who is named Sons

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

88% of people named Sons identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 88%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.1%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sons

Sons has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Questions

How common is the surname Sons?
2,110 people in the United States had the surname Sons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,325 Americans. It ranked 14,220th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sons?
In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Sons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sons getting more or less common?
More common. 1,983 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,110 in 2010, up 6.4%.