How common is the surname Suiter?

2,929 people in the United States had the surname Suiter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,410 Americans. It ranked 10,882nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Suiter getting more or less common?

More common. 2,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,929 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Suiter

A surname, carried by 2,929 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Suiter is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,929 people named Suiter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,410 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,760.

#10,882

rank among US surnames

2,929

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,643)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,880	Midgett	2,930	105,374
#10,882	Marciano	2,929	105,410
#10,886	Nova	2,928	105,446
#10,889	Linker	2,927	105,482
#10,890	Divine	2,926	105,518
#10,891	Lesley	2,925	105,554

Who is named Suiter

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

90% of people named Suiter identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.9%

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 Suiter

Suiter has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

Questions

How common is the surname Suiter?: 2,929 people in the United States had the surname Suiter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,410 Americans. It ranked 10,882nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Suiter?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Suiter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Suiter getting more or less common?: More common. 2,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,929 in 2010, up 6.1%.