How common is the surname Hengst?

1,046 people in the United States had the surname Hengst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. It ranked 24,075th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hengst?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hengst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hengst getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,046 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Hengst

A German surname, carried by 1,046 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hengst is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Hengst.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,046 people named Hengst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,053.

#24,075

rank among US surnames

1,046

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #22,753)

Who is named Hengst

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

95% of people named Hengst identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hengst come from?: Borrowed from German Hengst.
How common is the surname Hengst?: 1,046 people in the United States had the surname Hengst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,168 Americans. It ranked 24,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hengst?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hengst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hengst getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,046 in 2010, down 0.7%.