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    The surname Koenen

    A surname, carried by 1,069 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K550

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koenen is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,069 people named Koenen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,010.

    #23,691
    rank among US surnames
    1,069
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,468)

    Who is named Koenen

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

    95% of people named Koenen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Koenen

    Koenen has the Soundex code K550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Koenen?
    1,069 people in the United States had the surname Koenen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. It ranked 23,691st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Koenen?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Koenen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Koenen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,069 in 2010, up 5.8%.