How common is the surname Hentschel?

1,128 people in the United States had the surname Hentschel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. It ranked 22,721st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hentschel?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hentschel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hentschel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,116 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,128 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Hentschel

A surname, carried by 1,128 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hentschel is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,128 people named Hentschel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,116.

#22,721

rank among US surnames

1,128

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,742)

Who is named Hentschel

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

96% of people named Hentschel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Two or more races 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hentschel

Hentschel has the Soundex code H532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H532.

Questions

How common is the surname Hentschel?: 1,128 people in the United States had the surname Hentschel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. It ranked 22,721st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hentschel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hentschel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hentschel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,116 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,128 in 2010, up 1.1%.