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    The surname Achenbach

    A surname, carried by 1,536 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A251

    Achenbach: #18,128 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Achenbach #18,128, 1,536 people Achenbach: #18,128 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Achenbach #18,128, 1,536 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Achenbach is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,536 people named Achenbach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,006 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,464.

    #18,128
    rank among US surnames
    1,536
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,671)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,128Stenzel1,536201,006
    #18,137Hulin1,535201,137

    Who is named Achenbach

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Achenbach identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Achenbach

    Achenbach has the Soundex code A251, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A251.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Achenbach?
    1,536 people in the United States had the surname Achenbach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,006 Americans. It ranked 18,128th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Achenbach?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Achenbach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Achenbach getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,536 in 2010, up 4.9%.