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    The surname Southward

    A surname, carried by 1,104 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S363

    Southward: #23,120 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Southward #23,120, 1,104 people Southward: #23,120 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Southward #23,120, 1,104 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Southward is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,104 people named Southward in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,661 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,093.

    #23,120
    rank among US surnames
    1,104
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,078)

    Who is named Southward

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

    60% of people named Southward identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Southward

    Southward has the Soundex code S363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S363.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Southward?
    1,104 people in the United States had the surname Southward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,661 Americans. It ranked 23,120th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Southward?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Southward identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Southward getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,104 in 2010, up 1.0%.