East

12,028 people in the United States were counted with the surname East in the 2020 census, making it the 2,922nd most common in the country. That is about one person in 24,900.

By the numbers

People: 12,028
Rank: 2,922nd
How common: 1 in 24,900
Per 100,000: 4.0

Where the name comes from

By proprialization from east.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname East described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 80.0%
Black, not Hispanic 11.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called East

Shawn Johnson East (born 1992)American artistic gymnast
Nathan East (born 1955)American jazz, R&B and rock bassist, guitarist and singer
Chloe East (born 2001)American actress and dancer
Alfred East (1844–1913)British artist
Dave East (born 1988)American rapper
Fleur East (born 1987)British singer
Jeff East (born 1957)American actor

People named East with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like East

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.