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The surname Behrend

A surname, carried by 1,021 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B653

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Behrend is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,021 people named Behrend in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. That is down 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,327.

#24,499
rank among US surnames
1,021
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
-23.1%
change since 2000 (was #18,994)

Who is named Behrend

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

95% of people named Behrend identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Behrend

Behrend has the Soundex code B653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B653.

Questions

How common is the surname Behrend?
1,021 people in the United States had the surname Behrend in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. It ranked 24,499th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Behrend?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Behrend identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Behrend getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,021 in 2010, down 23%.