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    The surname Fenster

    A surname, carried by 1,532 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F523

    Fenster: #18,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fenster #18,166, 1,532 people Fenster: #18,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fenster #18,166, 1,532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fenster is more common than 88.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,532 people named Fenster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,260.

    #18,166
    rank among US surnames
    1,532
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,775)

    Who is named Fenster

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

    94% of people named Fenster identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fenster

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fenster?
    1,532 people in the United States had the surname Fenster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. It ranked 18,166th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fenster?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fenster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fenster getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,532 in 2010, up 22%.