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    The surname Edens

    A surname, carried by 6,110 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E352

    Edens: #5,678 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Edens #5,678, 6,110 people Edens: #5,678 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Edens #5,678, 6,110 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edens is more common than 96.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,110 people named Edens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,531 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,050.

    #5,678
    rank among US surnames
    6,110
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,297)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,669Brister6,12350,424
    #5,671Elmer6,11950,457
    #5,672Shaughnessy6,11750,473
    #5,673Christopherson6,11550,490
    #5,674Serra6,11450,498
    #5,675Paradis6,11350,506
    #5,676Nowell6,11250,515

    Who is named Edens

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

    90% of people named Edens identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Edenss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Roger Edens
      American composer (1905–1970)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Edens

    Edens has the Soundex code E352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E352.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Edens?
    6,110 people in the United States had the surname Edens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,531 Americans. It ranked 5,678th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Edens?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Edens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Edens?
    Roger Edens, American composer (1905–1970).
    Where is the surname Edens most common?
    Wikidata records people named Edens in the United States.
    Is the surname Edens getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,110 in 2010, up 1.0%.