Explore the Family Name Attig

The meaning of Attig

German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with Old High German adal ‘noble’, such as Adolf.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Attig has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 49,249th in terms of popularity but it dropped to 49,999th by 2010, marking a decline of 1.52%. Despite the drop in rank, the count of people with the surname Attig increased from 401 in 2000 to 419 in 2010, showing a growth of 4.49%. However, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 people decreased by 6.67% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#49,249	#49,999	-1.52%
Count	401	419	4.49%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Attig

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Attig also saw some changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, making up 93.52% in 2000 and 93.32% in 2010, a slight decrease of 0.21%. The Hispanic representation among those with the surname Attig decreased from 4.99% in 2000 to 4.06% in 2010, a significant reduction of 18.64%. Meanwhile, there was a small presence of Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity recorded in 2010, whereas there were no individuals of this ethnicity with the surname Attig reported in 2000. There were no changes in the number of individuals identifying as Black, American Indian, Alaskan Native, or belonging to two or more races within the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.52%	93.32%	-0.21%
Hispanic	4.99%	4.06%	-18.64%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.67%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%