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    The surname Updegraff

    A Dutch surname, carried by 1,417 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex U132

    Updegraff: #19,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Updegraff #19,166, 1,417 people Updegraff: #19,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Updegraff #19,166, 1,417 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Updegraff is more common than 88.2% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Ultimately of Dutch origin.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,417 people named Updegraff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 217,887 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,414.

    #19,166
    rank among US surnames
    1,417
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,153)

    Who is named Updegraff

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

    97% of people named Updegraff identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Updegrove

    Updegraff has the Soundex code U132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U132.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Updegraff come from?
    Ultimately of Dutch origin.
    How common is the surname Updegraff?
    1,417 people in the United States had the surname Updegraff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 217,887 Americans. It ranked 19,166th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Updegraff?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Updegraff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Updegraff getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,414 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,417 in 2010, up 0.2%.
    What are other spellings of Updegraff?
    Updegrove.