Explore the Family Name Allgeier

The meaning of Allgeier

German: variant of Allgäuer, a habitational name for someone from the Allgäu, a district of southern Bavaria, which was named with Old High German alb ‘mountain pasture’ + gouw ‘area, region’. Compare Alguire, Alkire, Allgire, and Allgyer.

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How common is the last name Allgeier in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Allgeier has seen a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 23,815th most common surname, while in 2010 it slipped to the 24,572nd spot, marking a decrease of 3.18%. However, the number of people bearing the Allgeier name has actually grown slightly, from 991 in 2000 to 1,017 in 2010, an increase of 2.62%. Despite this growth, the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people dropped by 8.11% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,815	#24,572	-3.18%
Count	991	1,017	2.62%
Proportion per 100k	0.37	0.34	-8.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Allgeier

According to the ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals with the surname Allgeier identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a small decrease from 97.98% to 96.66%. During the same time frame, there was a slight increase in the percentage identifying as Hispanic, from 0.81% to 1.08%, indicating a 33.33% change. The data also shows that a small proportion (1.38%) reported having two or more ethnic identities in 2010, a category that was not represented in 2000. The surnames linked to Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities were not represented in the data for either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.98%	96.66%	-1.35%
Two or More Races	0%	1.38%	0%
Hispanic	0.81%	1.08%	33.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%