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The surname Zerr

A surname, carried by 1,534 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z600

Zerr: #18,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Zerr #18,144, 1,534 people Zerr: #18,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zerr #18,144, 1,534 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zerr is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,534 people named Zerr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,268 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,554.

#18,144
rank among US surnames
1,534
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-1.3%
change since 2000 (was #16,899)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,137Hulin1,535201,137
#18,144McGirt1,534201,268

Who is named Zerr

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

94% of people named Zerr identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zerr

Zerr has the Soundex code Z600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z600.

Questions

How common is the surname Zerr?
1,534 people in the United States had the surname Zerr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,268 Americans. It ranked 18,144th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zerr?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zerr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Zerr getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,534 in 2010, down 1.3%.