Explore the Family Name Andras

The meaning of Andras

1. Hungarian (András): from the personal name András, Hungarian form of Andreas. The surname András or Andras of Hungarian origin is also found in Romania, where it is also spelled Andraş. 2. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) (Andráš and Andraš): from Andráš, a vernacular, Hungarian-influenced form (see 1 above) of the personal name Slovak Andrej, Rusyn Andriy (see Andreas).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Andras has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 27,618 in terms of popularity and had 821 counts. This number slightly increased by 3.9% to 853 counts in 2010, but the rank dropped to 28,065, indicating a decrease in popularity by 1.62%. The proportion per 100k also saw a marginal decrease of 3.33%, moving from 0.3 in 2000 to 0.29 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,618	#28,065	-1.62%
Count	821	853	3.9%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.29	-3.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Andras

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Andras, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority of people with this last name identified as White, making up 95.86% in 2000 and 94.61% in 2010, showing a small decrease of 1.30%. There was an interesting increase in those identifying as two or more races, which went up by 208.20%, from 0.61% to 1.88%. The count of those identifying as Hispanic decreased by 16.94%, going from 1.83% to 1.52%. Data for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either suppressed or remained at zero for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.86%	94.61%	-1.3%
Two or More Races	0.61%	1.88%	208.2%
Hispanic	1.83%	1.52%	-16.94%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.82%	0%
Black	0.85%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%