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    The surname Fenderson

    A surname, carried by 1,734 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F536

    Fenderson: #16,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fenderson #16,555, 1,734 people Fenderson: #16,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fenderson #16,555, 1,734 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fenderson is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,734 people named Fenderson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,054 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,597.

    #16,555
    rank among US surnames
    1,734
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,554)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,555Perrigo1,734178,054
    #16,560Koepp1,733178,157

    Who is named Fenderson

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

    58% of people named Fenderson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 58%
    • White (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fenderson

    Fenderson has the Soundex code F536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F536.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fenderson?
    1,734 people in the United States had the surname Fenderson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,054 Americans. It ranked 16,555th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fenderson?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Fenderson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fenderson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,734 in 2010, up 8.6%.