The EASTER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	11,941	2773	0.004	44
United States (1880 census)	1,957	3032	0.004	39
Change since 1880	+9984	+259	0	+5
Other Countries
Australia	205	7375	0.001	13
United Kingdom	1,472	3824	0.003	32

Top States for EASTER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Virginia	1,168	832	0.017	165
North Carolina	1,085	1247	0.013	135
Texas	985	2577	0.005	47
California	743	4358	0.002	22
Ohio	600	2551	0.005	53
Top States for EASTER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Arkansas	571	676	0.021	214
Virginia	1,168	832	0.017	165
North Carolina	1,085	1247	0.013	135
West Virginia	216	1344	0.012	119
Oklahoma	338	1548	0.010	98

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called EASTER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called EASTER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called EASTER in Virginia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a EASTER by picking someone at random in Arkansas than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of EASTER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the EASTER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the EASTER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of EASTER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	222	1.86
White (Hispanic)	164	1.37
Native American/Alaskan	64	0.54
Asian/Pacific	36	0.3
White (Caucasian)	8,145	68.21
Black/African American	3,310	27.72

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the EASTER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to EASTER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as EASTER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.