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    The surname Carstens

    A surname, carried by 3,190 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C623

    Carstens: #10,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Carstens #10,095, 3,190 people Carstens: #10,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Carstens #10,095, 3,190 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carstens is more common than 93.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,190 people named Carstens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,785 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,147.

    #10,095
    rank among US surnames
    3,190
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,475)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,088Kahle3,19596,634
    #10,090Koziol3,19496,664
    #10,092Mines3,19396,694
    #10,095Perrault3,19096,785
    #10,099Standish3,18996,816
    #10,103Genao3,18896,846

    Who is named Carstens

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

    95% of people named Carstens identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Carstenss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jan Carstenszoon
      17th century Dutch explorer of New Guinea and Australia

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Carstens

    Carstens has the Soundex code C623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C623.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Carstens?
    3,190 people in the United States had the surname Carstens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,785 Americans. It ranked 10,095th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Carstens?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Carstens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Carstens?
    Jan Carstenszoon, 17th century Dutch explorer of New Guinea and Australia.
    Where is the surname Carstens most common?
    Wikidata records people named Carstens in Dutch Republic.
    Is the surname Carstens getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,190 in 2010, up 1.4%.