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    The surname Surface

    A surname, carried by 2,377 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S612

    Surface: #12,929 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Surface #12,929, 2,377 people Surface: #12,929 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Surface #12,929, 2,377 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Surface is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,377 people named Surface in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,889 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,384.

    #12,929
    rank among US surnames
    2,377
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,022)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,921Godbey2,379129,780
    #12,927Riggleman2,378129,834
    #12,929Hause2,377129,889
    #12,931Sanson2,376129,943
    #12,935Marden2,375129,998

    Who is named Surface

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

    94% of people named Surface identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Surface?
    2,377 people in the United States had the surname Surface in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,889 Americans. It ranked 12,929th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Surface?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Surface identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Surface getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,377 in 2010, down 0.3%.