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    The surname Hendershott

    A surname, carried by 1,238 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H536

    Hendershott: #21,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hendershott #21,204, 1,238 people Hendershott: #21,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hendershott #21,204, 1,238 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hendershott is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,238 people named Hendershott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,154.

    #21,204
    rank among US surnames
    1,238
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,192)

    Who is named Hendershott

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

    96% of people named Hendershott identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    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 Hendershott

    Hendershott has the Soundex code H536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H536.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hendershott?
    1,238 people in the United States had the surname Hendershott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. It ranked 21,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hendershott?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hendershott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hendershott getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,238 in 2010, up 7.3%.