How common is the surname Thrift?

3,313 people in the United States had the surname Thrift in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,192 Americans. It ranked 9,780th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Thrift getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,313 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Thrift

A surname, carried by 3,313 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T613

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thrift is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,313 people named Thrift in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,192 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,354.

#9,780

rank among US surnames

3,313

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,966)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,777	Petrick	3,315	93,136
#9,778	Shenk	3,314	93,164
#9,780	Polak	3,313	93,192
#9,783	Stagg	3,312	93,220
#9,784	Yowell	3,311	93,248
#9,786	Loughlin	3,309	93,305
#9,788	Chico	3,308	93,333

Who is named Thrift

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

92% of people named Thrift identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Thrift?: 3,313 people in the United States had the surname Thrift in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,192 Americans. It ranked 9,780th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thrift?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Thrift identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Thrift getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,313 in 2010, down 1.2%.