Last Name SUNDERLAND

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Meaning Local: Of Sunderland, a seaport parish in county Durham; a great Yorkshire surname that seems early to have passed the borders of the more northern county.
Local: A seaport town in the county of Durham, England. Land separated, divided, parted.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 7,137 (2000 US census) 6,058 (1990 US census)
Count 4,316 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.28%, or 4069 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.62%, or 70 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.49%, or 21 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.3%, or 13 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.55%, or 67 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.76%, or 76 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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