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    The surname Fenske

    A surname, carried by 3,320 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F520

    Fenske: #9,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fenske #9,761, 3,320 people Fenske: #9,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fenske #9,761, 3,320 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fenske is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,320 people named Fenske in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,996 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,396.

    #9,761
    rank among US surnames
    3,320
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,866)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,754Latour3,32392,912
    #9,756Paynter3,32292,940
    #9,760Penton3,32192,968
    #9,761Struck3,32092,996
    #9,765Channell3,31893,052
    #9,767Percival3,31793,080
    #9,770Parekh3,31693,108

    Who is named Fenske

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

    95% of people named Fenske identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fenskes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Raja Fenske
      American actor, born 1988

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Fenske

    Fenske has the Soundex code F520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fenske?
    3,320 people in the United States had the surname Fenske in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,996 Americans. It ranked 9,761st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fenske?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fenske identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Fenske?
    Raja Fenske, American actor.
    Where is the surname Fenske most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fenske in the United States.
    Is the surname Fenske getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,396 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,320 in 2010, down 2.2%.