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    The surname Square

    A surname, carried by 1,215 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S600

    Square: #21,495 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Square #21,495, 1,215 people Square: #21,495 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Square #21,495, 1,215 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Square is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,215 people named Square in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,112 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,149.

    #21,495
    rank among US surnames
    1,215
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,265)

    Who is named Square

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

    82% of people named Square identified as Black (not Hispanic), 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Square

    Square has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Square?
    1,215 people in the United States had the surname Square in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,112 Americans. It ranked 21,495th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Square?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Square identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Square getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,215 in 2010, up 5.7%.