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    The surname Henschel

    A surname, carried by 1,742 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H524

    Henschel: #16,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Henschel #16,494, 1,742 people Henschel: #16,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Henschel #16,494, 1,742 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Henschel is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    From German Henschel in at least some cases; possibly all.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,742 people named Henschel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,236 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,689.

    #16,494
    rank among US surnames
    1,742
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,825)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,494Tschida1,742177,236
    #16,502Kittredge1,741177,338

    Who is named Henschel

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

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

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Henschel

    Henschel has the Soundex code H524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H524.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Henschel come from?
    From German Henschel in at least some cases; possibly all.
    How common is the surname Henschel?
    1,742 people in the United States had the surname Henschel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,236 Americans. It ranked 16,494th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Henschel?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Henschel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Henschel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,742 in 2010, up 3.1%.