How rare is the last name Southern?

7,397 people in the United States have the last name Southern, about 1 in 40,408. It ranks #4,646 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

last name

SOUTHERN

#4,646

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,397
About
1 in 40,408
This common or more
57.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,397 people with the last name Southern, 77.1% reported their origin as White, 13.3% as Black and 5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Southern

2 other last names also have 7,397 people.

#4,646 Angelo · 7,397#4,646 Urrutia · 7,397

Either side of Southern

#4,645 Coggins · 7,399#4,646 Angelo · 7,397#4,646 Urrutia · 7,397#4,649 Caldera · 7,396

Also a first name

As a first name, Southern ranks #41,825 of 53,615, with 174 people. See Southern as a first name

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