Where does
WASHINGTON
rank in the most common names in the U.S.?
WASHINGTON
is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
WASHINGTON
ranks #
138
in terms of the most common surnames in America for 2000.
WASHINGTON
had
163,036
occurrences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States,
WASHINGTON
would occur an average of
60.44
times.
Race / ethnic origin
The race categories shown in these files are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups: "White only", "Black only", "American Indian and Alaskan Native only", "Asian and Pacific Islander only", "Two or More Races", and "Hispanic".
For the last name of
WASHINGTON
the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
5.16 percent, or 8,413 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"
89.87 percent, or 146,520 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Black Only"
0.25 percent, or 408 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only"
0.64 percent, or 1,043 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native"
2.64 percent, or 4,304 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races"
1.45 percent, or 2,364 total occurrences, were "Hispanic Origin"
NOTE: Fields suppressed for confidentiality are assigned the value "Insignificant"
The presentation of data on this site focuses on summarized aggregates of counts and characteristics associated with surnames, and, as such, do not in any way identify any specific individuals.
All data is derived from David L. Word, Charles D. Coleman, Robert Nunziata and Robert Kominski (2008). "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Compiled by Rhett A. Butler.
All data on this page pertains to the name
WASHINGTON