How common is the surname Massengill?

3,478 people in the United States had the surname Massengill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,771 Americans. It ranked 9,352nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Massengill getting more or less common?

More common. 3,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,478 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Massengill

A surname, carried by 3,478 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Massengill is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,478 people named Massengill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,771 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,359.

#9,352

rank among US surnames

3,478

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,951)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,345	Helfrich	3,482	88,669
#9,347	Schuyler	3,480	88,720
#9,350	Hepburn	3,479	88,745
#9,352	McCammon	3,478	88,771
#9,355	Acord	3,477	88,797

Who is named Massengill

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

89% of people named Massengill identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%

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 Massengill

Massengill 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 Massengill?: 3,478 people in the United States had the surname Massengill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,771 Americans. It ranked 9,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Massengill?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Massengill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Massengill getting more or less common?: More common. 3,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,478 in 2010, up 3.5%.