How common is the surname Ussery?

5,036 people in the United States had the surname Ussery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,308 Americans. It ranked 6,708th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ussery getting more or less common?

More common. 4,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,036 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Ussery

A surname, carried by 5,036 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex U260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ussery is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,036 people named Ussery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,308 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,910.

#6,708

rank among US surnames

5,036

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,384)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,700	Hickerson	5,041	61,247
#6,701	Messner	5,039	61,271
#6,704	Dyke	5,037	61,296
#6,708	Ussery	5,036	61,308
#6,709	Daggett	5,035	61,320
#6,710	Frisch	5,033	61,344

Who is named Ussery

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

75% of people named Ussery identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ussery

Ussery has the Soundex code U260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U260.

Questions

How common is the surname Ussery?: 5,036 people in the United States had the surname Ussery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,308 Americans. It ranked 6,708th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ussery?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Ussery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ussery getting more or less common?: More common. 4,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,036 in 2010, up 2.6%.