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    The surname Warsame

    A surname, carried by 1,293 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W625

    Warsame: #20,512 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Warsame #20,512, 1,293 people Warsame: #20,512 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Warsame #20,512, 1,293 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Warsame is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,293 people named Warsame in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. That is up 191% since 2000, when the Census counted 445.

    #20,512
    rank among US surnames
    1,293
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +190.6%
    change since 2000 (was #45,308)

    Who is named Warsame

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

    97% of people named Warsame identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; White, Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Warsame

    Warsame has the Soundex code W625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Warsame?
    1,293 people in the United States had the surname Warsame in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Warsame?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Warsame identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Warsame getting more or less common?
    More common. 445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 191%.