Explore the Family Name Cyphers

The meaning of Cyphers

Americanized form of German Seifers or of Dutch Sijffers, Seijffers, Cijffers or Zijffers: patronymic from the personal name German Seifer, Dutch Sijffer. Compare Syphers.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Cyphers has experienced a slight shift in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Cyphers was ranked as the 13,712th most common surname, but by 2010 it had slipped down to 14,474th place, marking a decrease of 5.56%. However, the count of people with the Cyphers surname modestly increased from 2,028 in 2000 to 2,063 in 2010, showing a growth rate of 1.73%. Despite the increase in actual count, its proportion per 100,000 people slightly dropped by 6.67%, from 0.75 in 2000 to 0.7 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,712	#14,474	-5.56%
Count	2,028	2,063	1.73%
Proportion per 100k	0.75	0.7	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cyphers

As for the ethnic identity associated with the Cyphers surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows varied changes over the span of a decade. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although this percentage decreased from 89.10% to 84.44% between 2000 and 2010. There was significant growth in the Hispanic and American Indian and Alaskan Native groups, with increases of 204.04% and 110.26% respectively. The Asian/Pacific Islander group also saw a 50% rise, while the number of individuals identifying as two or more races grew by 31.79%. Those identifying as Black saw a moderate increase of 17.84%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	89.1%	84.44%	-5.23%
Black	6.95%	8.19%	17.84%
Hispanic	0.99%	3.01%	204.04%
Two or More Races	1.73%	2.28%	31.79%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.84%	1.26%	50%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.39%	0.82%	110.26%