How common is the surname Degner?

1,362 people in the United States had the surname Degner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. It ranked 19,763rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Degner?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Degner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Degner getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,362 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Degner

A surname, carried by 1,362 people in the United States.

2 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). Degner is more common than 87.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,362 people named Degner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,373.

#19,763

rank among US surnames

1,362

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,542)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,755	Wertman	1,363	226,519
#19,763	Takeuchi	1,362	226,685

Who is named Degner

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

96% of people named Degner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Two or more races 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Degner

Degner 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 Degner?: 1,362 people in the United States had the surname Degner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. It ranked 19,763rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Degner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Degner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Degner getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,362 in 2010, down 0.8%.