The surname Sutherland
A place surname, carried by 29,585 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈsʌðə(ɹ)lənd/ 3 syllables Soundex S364
Origin
The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland. In some cases, the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.
Sutherland is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 29,585 people named Sutherland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,436 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,417.
Who is named Sutherland
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Sutherland identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 83%
- Black (not Hispanic) 9.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Famous Sutherlands
22 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Kiefer SutherlandBritish-Canadian actor (born 1966)
- Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr.American pharmacologist (1915–1974)
- Joan SutherlandAustralian soprano (1926-2010)
- Ivan SutherlandAmerican computer scientist and Internet pioneer, born 1938
- Kristine SutherlandAmerican actress, born 1955
- Alyssa SutherlandAustralian actress and model, born 1982
- A. Edward SutherlandActor, film director (1895-1973)
- Edwin SutherlandAmerican criminologist (1883–1950)
- Catherine SutherlandAustralian actress, born 1974
- George SutherlandAssociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, United States Senator, member of the United S, 1862–1942
- Jane SutherlandAustralian artist (1853-1928)
- Sarah SutherlandAmerican actress, born 1988
Notable Sutherlands come mostly from the United States (12), Australia (5) and the United Kingdom (3).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Sutherland
Sutherland has the Soundex code S364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S364.
Questions
- Where does the surname Sutherland come from?
- The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland. In some cases, the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.
- How common is the surname Sutherland?
- 29,585 people in the United States had the surname Sutherland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,436 Americans. It ranked 1,195th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sutherland?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Sutherland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Sutherland?
- Kiefer Sutherland, British-Canadian actor (born 1966), followed by Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr..
- Where is the surname Sutherland most common?
- Wikidata records people named Sutherland in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
- How do you pronounce Sutherland?
- Sutherland is /ˈsʌðə(ɹ)lənd/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Sutherland?
- Sutherland is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Sutherland getting more or less common?
- More common. 28,417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,585 in 2010, up 4.1%.