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The surname Waiters

A surname, carried by 19,853 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W362

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waiters is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,853 people named Waiters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,552 Americans. That is up 874% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,038.

#1,809
rank among US surnames
19,853
people in 2010
6.7
per 100,000 Americans
+874.1%
change since 2000 (was #13,654)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#1,800Coyle19,93115,491
#1,801Trotter19,92715,494
#1,802Wilhelm19,91315,505
#1,803Blount19,87815,532
#1,804Murdock19,87315,536
#1,805Street19,86615,541
#1,806Lockwood19,86515,542

Who is named Waiters

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

74% of people named Waiters identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 74%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Waiterss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Dion Waiters
    American basketball player (born 1991)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Waiters

Waiters has the Soundex code W362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W362.

Questions

How common is the surname Waiters?
19,853 people in the United States had the surname Waiters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,552 Americans. It ranked 1,809th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waiters?
In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Waiters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Waiters?
Dion Waiters, American basketball player (born 1991).
Where is the surname Waiters most common?
Wikidata records people named Waiters in the United States.
Is the surname Waiters getting more or less common?
More common. 2,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,853 in 2010, up 874%.