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    The surname Fondren

    A surname, carried by 2,664 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F536

    Fondren: #11,759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fondren #11,759, 2,664 people Fondren: #11,759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fondren #11,759, 2,664 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fondren is more common than 92.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,664 people named Fondren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,895 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,492.

    #11,759
    rank among US surnames
    2,664
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,570)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,751Bruckner2,666115,809
    #11,753Balog2,665115,852
    #11,759Frahm2,664115,895
    #11,764Boehmer2,663115,939
    #11,767Pesina2,662115,983

    Who is named Fondren

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

    66% of people named Fondren identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fondren?
    2,664 people in the United States had the surname Fondren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,895 Americans. It ranked 11,759th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fondren?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Fondren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Fondren getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,664 in 2010, up 6.9%.