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The surname Norden

A surname, carried by 2,074 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N635

Norden: #14,409 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Norden #14,409, 2,074 people Norden: #14,409 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Norden #14,409, 2,074 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Norden is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A loanword from Scandinavian languages, referring to the Nordic countries or to northern Europe.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,074 people named Norden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,865 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,942.

#14,409
rank among US surnames
2,074
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+6.8%
change since 2000 (was #14,187)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,405Jared2,075148,793
#14,409Ridgley2,074148,865

Who is named Norden

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

92% of people named Norden identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Norden

Norden has the Soundex code N635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N635.

Questions

Where does the surname Norden come from?
A loanword from Scandinavian languages, referring to the Nordic countries or to northern Europe.
How common is the surname Norden?
2,074 people in the United States had the surname Norden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,865 Americans. It ranked 14,409th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Norden?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Norden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Norden getting more or less common?
More common. 1,942 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,074 in 2010, up 6.8%.