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    The surname Southers

    A surname, carried by 1,327 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S362

    Southers: #20,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Southers #20,125, 1,327 people Southers: #20,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Southers #20,125, 1,327 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Southers is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,327 people named Southers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,664 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,300.

    #20,125
    rank among US surnames
    1,327
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,285)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,116Degenhardt1,328232,489
    #20,125Epting1,327232,664

    Who is named Southers

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

    82% of people named Southers identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Southers

    Southers has the Soundex code S362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S362.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Southers?
    1,327 people in the United States had the surname Southers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,664 Americans. It ranked 20,125th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Southers?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Southers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Southers getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,327 in 2010, up 2.1%.