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The surname Congdon

A surname, carried by 3,910 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C523

Congdon: #8,449 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Congdon #8,449, 3,910 people Congdon: #8,449 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Congdon #8,449, 3,910 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Congdon is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,910 people named Congdon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,963 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,851.

#8,449
rank among US surnames
3,910
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+1.5%
change since 2000 (was #7,971)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,443Bergquist3,91278,923
#8,446Springs3,91178,943
#8,449Morano3,91078,963
#8,453Pollak3,90879,003
#8,455Edson3,90679,044
#8,456Gilreath3,90579,064
#8,458Danna3,90479,084

Who is named Congdon

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

96% of people named Congdon identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Congdon

Congdon has the Soundex code C523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C523.

Questions

How common is the surname Congdon?
3,910 people in the United States had the surname Congdon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,963 Americans. It ranked 8,449th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Congdon?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Congdon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Congdon getting more or less common?
More common. 3,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,910 in 2010, up 1.5%.