How common is the surname Degenhardt?

1,328 people in the United States had the surname Degenhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,489 Americans. It ranked 20,116th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Degenhardt?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Degenhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Degenhardt?

Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany (1926–2002).

Where is the surname Degenhardt most common?

Wikidata records people named Degenhardt in Germany.

Is the surname Degenhardt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,328 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Degenhardt

A surname, carried by 1,328 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Degenhardt is more common than 87.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,328 people named Degenhardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,489 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,304.

#20,116

rank among US surnames

1,328

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,242)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,116	Degenhardt	1,328	232,489
#20,125	Epting	1,327	232,664

Who is named Degenhardt

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

95% of people named Degenhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Degenhardts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johannes Joachim Degenhardt
Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany (1926–2002)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Degenhardt

Degenhardt has the Soundex code D256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D256.

Questions

How common is the surname Degenhardt?: 1,328 people in the United States had the surname Degenhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,489 Americans. It ranked 20,116th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Degenhardt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Degenhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Degenhardt?: Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany (1926–2002).
Where is the surname Degenhardt most common?: Wikidata records people named Degenhardt in Germany.
Is the surname Degenhardt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,328 in 2010, up 1.8%.