How common is the surname Verrett?

1,774 people in the United States had the surname Verrett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,039 Americans. It ranked 16,261st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Verrett?

Shirley Verrett, American opera singer, educator and writer, followed by Durek Verrett.

Where is the surname Verrett most common?

Wikidata records people named Verrett in the United States.

Is the surname Verrett getting more or less common?

More common. 1,467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,774 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Verrett

A surname, carried by 1,774 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Verrett is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,774 people named Verrett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,039 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,467.

#16,261

rank among US surnames

1,774

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+20.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,639)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,254	Ashcroft	1,775	173,941
#16,261	Kinkead	1,774	174,039
#16,265	Rake	1,773	174,137

Who is named Verrett

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

53% of people named Verrett identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 34%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Verretts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Shirley Verrett
American opera singer, educator and writer, 1931–2010
Durek Verrett
American conspiracy theorist (born 1974)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Verrett

Verrett has the Soundex code V630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V630.

Questions

How common is the surname Verrett?: 1,774 people in the United States had the surname Verrett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,039 Americans. It ranked 16,261st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Verrett?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Verrett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Verrett?: Shirley Verrett, American opera singer, educator and writer, followed by Durek Verrett.
Where is the surname Verrett most common?: Wikidata records people named Verrett in the United States.
Is the surname Verrett getting more or less common?: More common. 1,467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,774 in 2010, up 21%.