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    The surname Torbert

    A surname, carried by 1,853 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T616

    Torbert: #15,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Torbert #15,734, 1,853 people Torbert: #15,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Torbert #15,734, 1,853 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Torbert is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,853 people named Torbert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,619 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,839.

    #15,734
    rank among US surnames
    1,853
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,805)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,727Youn1,854166,529
    #15,734Loew1,853166,619
    #15,743Blossom1,852166,709

    Who is named Torbert

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

    65% of people named Torbert identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    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 Torbert

    Torbert has the Soundex code T616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T616.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Torbert?
    1,853 people in the United States had the surname Torbert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,619 Americans. It ranked 15,734th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Torbert?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Torbert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Torbert getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,839 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,853 in 2010, up 0.8%.