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    The surname Evensen

    A surname, carried by 1,055 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E152

    Evensen: #23,920 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Evensen #23,920, 1,055 people Evensen: #23,920 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Evensen #23,920, 1,055 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Evensen is more common than 85.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,055 people named Evensen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 946.

    #23,920
    rank among US surnames
    1,055
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.5%
    change since 2000 (was #24,724)

    Who is named Evensen

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

    93% of people named Evensen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as two or more races and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    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 Evensen

    Evensen has the Soundex code E152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E152.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Evensen?
    1,055 people in the United States had the surname Evensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,650 Americans. It ranked 23,920th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Evensen?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Evensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Evensen getting more or less common?
    More common. 946 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,055 in 2010, up 12%.