How common is the surname Morgenstern?

2,738 people in the United States had the surname Morgenstern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,763 Americans. It ranked 11,493rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Morgenstern getting more or less common?

More common. 2,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,738 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Morgenstern

A surname, carried by 2,738 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Morgenstern is more common than 92.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,738 people named Morgenstern in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,763 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,533.

#11,493

rank among US surnames

2,738

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,410)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,484	Decicco	2,740	112,681
#11,488	Mangus	2,739	112,722
#11,493	Duffin	2,738	112,763
#11,497	Greenspan	2,737	112,804
#11,500	Sidwell	2,736	112,846
#11,502	Master	2,735	112,887

Who is named Morgenstern

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

95% of people named Morgenstern identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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 Morgenstern

Morgenstern has the Soundex code M625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M625.

Questions

How common is the surname Morgenstern?: 2,738 people in the United States had the surname Morgenstern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,763 Americans. It ranked 11,493rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Morgenstern?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Morgenstern identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Morgenstern getting more or less common?: More common. 2,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,738 in 2010, up 8.1%.