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    The surname Berends

    A surname, carried by 1,089 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B653

    Berends: #23,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Berends #23,371, 1,089 people Berends: #23,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Berends #23,371, 1,089 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berends is more common than 85.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,089 people named Berends in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,513 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 940.

    #23,371
    rank among US surnames
    1,089
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.9%
    change since 2000 (was #24,857)

    Who is named Berends

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

    94% of people named Berends identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    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 Berends

    Berends 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 Berends?
    1,089 people in the United States had the surname Berends in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,513 Americans. It ranked 23,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Berends?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Berends identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Berends getting more or less common?
    More common. 940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,089 in 2010, up 16%.