Explore the Family Name Threats

The meaning of Threats

Derivative of Threatt, with excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Threats has seen a moderate increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Threats ranked at 33,471 in terms of surname popularity across the United States, however, by 2010 it had climbed to a rank of 31,516, reflecting a 5.84% change in its ranking. The actual count of people bearing the Threats surname also saw an increase from 643 in 2000 to 734 in 2010, marking a growth rate of about 14.15%. Similarly, the proportion of Threats per 100k population also increased by 4.17%, moving from 0.24 to 0.25 over the ten-year period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,471	#31,516	5.84%
Count	643	734	14.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.25	4.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Threats

As for the ethnic identity associated with the surname Threats, as shown by the Decennial U.S. Census, there have been notable changes between 2000 and 2010. The largest group associated with the surname continues to be those identifying as Black, although this percentage decreased from 93.78% in 2000 to 88.15% in 2010. A significant increase was observed among those identifying with two or more races, which rose from 2.02% in 2000 to 5.72% in 2010, marking a 183.17% change. The percentage of individuals with the Threats surname who identify as White and Hispanic also saw slight increases. Notably, there were no reported associations with Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	93.78%	88.15%	-6%
Two or More Races	2.02%	5.72%	183.17%
White	2.8%	3%	7.14%
Hispanic	0.93%	3%	222.58%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%