How common is the surname Hennen?

2,787 people in the United States had the surname Hennen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. It ranked 11,322nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hennen?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hennen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hennen?

Pat Hennen, American motorcycle racer (1953–2024).

Where is the surname Hennen most common?

Wikidata records people named Hennen in the United States.

Is the surname Hennen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,787 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Hennen

An Irish surname, carried by 2,787 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hennen is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A surname from Irish.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,787 people named Hennen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,533.

#11,322

rank among US surnames

2,787

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+10%

change since 2000 (was #11,410)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,318	Patil	2,790	110,661
#11,319	Twitchell	2,789	110,701
#11,321	Dorton	2,788	110,741
#11,322	Maharaj	2,787	110,781
#11,327	Markovich	2,786	110,820

Who is named Hennen

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

96% of people named Hennen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hennens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pat Hennen
American motorcycle racer (1953–2024)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hennen

Hennen has the Soundex code H550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H550.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hennen come from?: Hennen is Irish in origin.
How common is the surname Hennen?: 2,787 people in the United States had the surname Hennen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,781 Americans. It ranked 11,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hennen?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hennen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hennen?: Pat Hennen, American motorcycle racer (1953–2024).
Where is the surname Hennen most common?: Wikidata records people named Hennen in the United States.
Is the surname Hennen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,787 in 2010, up 10%.