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    The surname Massengale

    A surname, carried by 3,128 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M252

    Massengale: #10,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Massengale #10,301, 3,128 people Massengale: #10,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Massengale #10,301, 3,128 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Massengale is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,128 people named Massengale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,704 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,094.

    #10,301
    rank among US surnames
    3,128
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,641)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,292Andress3,13198,609
    #10,297Breese3,13098,641
    #10,298Myhre3,12998,672
    #10,301Massengale3,12898,704
    #10,302Brandes3,12798,735
    #10,306Elson3,12698,767
    #10,310Utterback3,12598,799

    Who is named Massengale

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

    87% of people named Massengale identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Massengale

    Massengale has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Massengale?
    3,128 people in the United States had the surname Massengale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,704 Americans. It ranked 10,301st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Massengale?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Massengale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Massengale getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,128 in 2010, up 1.1%.