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The surname Carstensen

A surname, carried by 2,264 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C623

Carstensen: #13,453 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Carstensen #13,453, 2,264 people Carstensen: #13,453 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Carstensen #13,453, 2,264 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carstensen is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,264 people named Carstensen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,372 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,185.

#13,453
rank among US surnames
2,264
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+3.6%
change since 2000 (was #12,902)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,445Boivin2,265136,311
#13,453Carstensen2,264136,372
#13,456Mankin2,263136,432
#13,462Trottier2,262136,492

Who is named Carstensen

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

96% of people named Carstensen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carstensen

Carstensen 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 Carstensen?
2,264 people in the United States had the surname Carstensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,372 Americans. It ranked 13,453rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carstensen?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Carstensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Carstensen getting more or less common?
More common. 2,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,264 in 2010, up 3.6%.