Decennial Census Surname Files (2010, 2000)
The Census Bureau's Census surnames product is a data release based on names recorded in the decennial census. The product contains rank and frequency data on surnames reported 100 or more times in the decennial census, along with Hispanic origin and race category percentages. The latter are suppressed where necessary for confidentiality. The data focus on summarized aggregates of counts and characteristics associated with surnames, and the data do not in any way identify any specific individuals.
This dataset is aggregated at the national level only.
2000
Surnames 2000
- API Call: api.census.gov/data/2000/surname
- Examples and Supported Geographies: api.census.gov/data/2000/surname.html
- Variables: api.census.gov/data/2000/surname/variables.html
- Example call: Top 100 surnames (all backgrounds), ranked:
api.census.gov/data/2000/surname?get=NAME,COUNT&RANK=1:100 - Technical Documentation [PDF <1.0 MB]
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Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000Tabulations of all surnames occurring 100 or more times in the Census 2000 returns. No specific individual information is provided.
Page Last Revised - December 15, 2023