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The surname Visser

A surname, carried by 5,231 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V260

Visser: #6,490 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Visser #6,490, 5,231 people Visser: #6,490 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Visser #6,490, 5,231 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Visser is more common than 96% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,231 people named Visser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,022 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,812.

#6,490
rank among US surnames
5,231
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+8.7%
change since 2000 (was #6,505)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,486Kile5,23458,988
#6,488Gervais5,23359,000
#6,489Radcliff5,23259,011
#6,490Steger5,23159,022

Who is named Visser

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

95% of people named Visser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Visser

Visser has the Soundex code V260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V260.

Questions

How common is the surname Visser?
5,231 people in the United States had the surname Visser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,022 Americans. It ranked 6,490th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Visser?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Visser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Visser getting more or less common?
More common. 4,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,231 in 2010, up 8.7%.