How common is the surname Feenstra?

1,110 people in the United States had the surname Feenstra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feenstra?

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

Who is the most famous person named Feenstra?

Randy Feenstra, American politician (born 1969), followed by Katie Feenstra-Mattera.

Where is the surname Feenstra most common?

Wikidata records people named Feenstra in the United States.

Is the surname Feenstra getting more or less common?

More common. 1,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Feenstra

A Frisian surname, carried by 1,110 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feenstra is more common than 85.8% of them.

Origin

Frisian origin

Borrowed from West Frisian Feenstra.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,110 people named Feenstra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,003.

#23,019

rank among US surnames

1,110

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+10.7%

change since 2000 (was #23,582)

Who is named Feenstra

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

96% of people named Feenstra identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feenstras

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Randy Feenstra
American politician (born 1969)
Katie Feenstra-Mattera
American basketball player and coach, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Feenstra

Feenstra has the Soundex code F523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F523.

Questions

Where does the surname Feenstra come from?: Borrowed from West Frisian Feenstra.
How common is the surname Feenstra?: 1,110 people in the United States had the surname Feenstra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feenstra?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Feenstra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Feenstra?: Randy Feenstra, American politician (born 1969), followed by Katie Feenstra-Mattera.
Where is the surname Feenstra most common?: Wikidata records people named Feenstra in the United States.
Is the surname Feenstra getting more or less common?: More common. 1,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, up 11%.