The surname Word
A surname, carried by 6,177 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex W630
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,177 people named Word in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,983 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,926.
#5,628
rank among US surnames
6,177
people in 2010
2.1
per 100,000 Americans
+4.2%
change since 2000 (was #5,410)
Who is named Word
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
58% of people named Word identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 58%
- Black (not Hispanic) 37%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Word has the Soundex code W630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W630.
Questions
- How common is the surname Word?
- 6,177 people in the United States had the surname Word in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,983 Americans. It ranked 5,628th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Word?
- In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Word identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Word getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,177 in 2010, up 4.2%.