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    The surname States

    A surname, carried by 2,893 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S332

    States: #10,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer States #10,993, 2,893 people States: #10,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez States #10,993, 2,893 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). States is more common than 93.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,893 people named States in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,722 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,645.

    #10,993
    rank among US surnames
    2,893
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,026)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,986Repp2,895106,648
    #10,987Locker2,894106,685
    #10,993Chupp2,893106,722
    #10,998Killebrew2,892106,758

    Who is named States

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

    84% of people named States identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like States

    States has the Soundex code S332, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S332.

    Questions

    How common is the surname States?
    2,893 people in the United States had the surname States in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,722 Americans. It ranked 10,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname States?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named States identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname States getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,893 in 2010, up 9.4%.