The surname Witcher
A surname, carried by 5,275 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W326
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,275 people named Witcher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,530 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,969.
#6,437
rank among US surnames
5,275
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+6.2%
change since 2000 (was #6,312)
Who is named Witcher
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
52% of people named Witcher identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 52%
- Black (not Hispanic) 43%
- Two or more races 2.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Witcher has the Soundex code W326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W326.
Questions
- How common is the surname Witcher?
- 5,275 people in the United States had the surname Witcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,530 Americans. It ranked 6,437th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Witcher?
- In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Witcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Witcher getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,275 in 2010, up 6.2%.