Erskine

Erskine is the 6,352nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 5,147 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 58,100.

By the numbers

People: 5,147
Rank: 6,352nd
How common: 1 in 58,100
Per 100,000: 1.7

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 77.3%
Black, not Hispanic 13.5%
Hispanic or Latino 4.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Erskine

Peter Erskine (born 1954)American musician
Maya Erskine (born 1987)American actress
Ralph Erskine (1914–2005)Swedish architect
George Erskine (1899–1965)British Army officer
John Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar (1675–1732)Scottish general
John Erskine (1879–1951)American educator and novelist
John Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar (1545–1572)Scottish noble
Charles Erskine (1739–1811)Catholic cardinal

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

Also a first name

Erskine has been given to 1,996 American babies as a first name since 1898, peaking in 1947. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

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.