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    The surname Kristensen

    A surname, carried by 1,111 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K623

    Kristensen: #23,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kristensen #23,002, 1,111 people Kristensen: #23,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kristensen #23,002, 1,111 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kristensen is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,111 people named Kristensen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,899 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,014.

    #23,002
    rank among US surnames
    1,111
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,391)

    Who is named Kristensen

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

    94% of people named Kristensen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    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 Kristensen

    Kristensen has the Soundex code K623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K623.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kristensen?
    1,111 people in the United States had the surname Kristensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,899 Americans. It ranked 23,002nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kristensen?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kristensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kristensen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,111 in 2010, up 9.6%.