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    The surname Warr

    A French surname, carried by 3,236 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W600

    Warr: #9,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Warr #9,968, 3,236 people Warr: #9,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Warr #9,968, 3,236 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Warr is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    * As an English surname of Norman origin, from were (“war, battle”), see French guerre. Compare Delaware. Sometimes also shortened directly from Old French werreur (“warrior”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Ware.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,236 people named Warr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,410 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,277.

    #9,968
    rank among US surnames
    3,236
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #9,154)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,963Hoggard3,23995,321
    #9,964Throckmorton3,23895,351
    #9,966Furlow3,23795,380
    #9,968Warr3,23695,410
    #9,969Bolyard3,23595,439

    Who is named Warr

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

    72% of people named Warr identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Warr

    Warr has the Soundex code W600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W600.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Warr come from?
    * As an English surname of Norman origin, from were (“war, battle”), see French guerre. Compare Delaware. Sometimes also shortened directly from Old French werreur (“warrior”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Ware.
    How common is the surname Warr?
    3,236 people in the United States had the surname Warr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,410 Americans. It ranked 9,968th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Warr?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Warr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Warr getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,236 in 2010, down 1.3%.