How common is the surname Hensen?

1,229 people in the United States had the surname Hensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,217 Americans. It ranked 21,320th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hensen?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Hensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hensen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,229 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Hensen

A surname, carried by 1,229 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hensen 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 1,229 people named Hensen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,217 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,219.

#21,320

rank among US surnames

1,229

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,298)

Who is named Hensen

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

90% of people named Hensen identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.9%

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 Hensen

Hensen has the Soundex code H525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H525.

Questions

How common is the surname Hensen?: 1,229 people in the United States had the surname Hensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,217 Americans. It ranked 21,320th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hensen?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Hensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hensen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,229 in 2010, up 0.8%.