How common is the surname Fenn?

5,172 people in the United States had the surname Fenn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,696 Americans. It ranked 6,548th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fenn?

John Fenn, American analytical chemist (1917–2010), followed by Sherilyn Fenn.

Where is the surname Fenn most common?

Wikidata records people named Fenn in the United States.

Is the surname Fenn getting more or less common?

More common. 4,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,172 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Fenn

A place surname, carried by 5,172 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fenn is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

* As an English topographic surname, from the noun fen. * As a south German surname, from Fenn (“bog, swamp”), related to the above. Compare Fehn. * As a Chinese surname, from 馮 /冯, compare Feng.

Fenn is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,172 people named Fenn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,696 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,689.

#6,548

rank among US surnames

5,172

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,649)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,540	Delosreyes	5,177	59,638
#6,542	Leffler	5,176	59,649
#6,546	Berglund	5,173	59,684
#6,548	Cannady	5,172	59,696
#6,551	Peppers	5,171	59,707
#6,555	Mak	5,170	59,719

Who is named Fenn

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

83% of people named Fenn identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fenns

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Fenn
American analytical chemist (1917–2010)
Sherilyn Fenn
American actress and author, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fenn

Fenn has the Soundex code F500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F500.

Questions

Where does the surname Fenn come from?: * As an English topographic surname, from the noun fen. * As a south German surname, from Fenn (“bog, swamp”), related to the above. Compare Fehn. * As a Chinese surname, from 馮 /冯, compare Feng.
How common is the surname Fenn?: 5,172 people in the United States had the surname Fenn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,696 Americans. It ranked 6,548th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fenn?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Fenn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fenn?: John Fenn, American analytical chemist (1917–2010), followed by Sherilyn Fenn.
Where is the surname Fenn most common?: Wikidata records people named Fenn in the United States.
What type of surname is Fenn?: Fenn is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Fenn getting more or less common?: More common. 4,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,172 in 2010, up 10%.