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    The surname Senegal

    A surname, carried by 1,207 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S524

    Senegal: #21,609 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Senegal #21,609, 1,207 people Senegal: #21,609 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Senegal #21,609, 1,207 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Senegal is more common than 86.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,207 people named Senegal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,796 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,144.

    #21,609
    rank among US surnames
    1,207
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,335)

    Who is named Senegal

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

    90% of people named Senegal identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Senegal

    Senegal has the Soundex code S524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Senegal?
    1,207 people in the United States had the surname Senegal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,796 Americans. It ranked 21,609th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Senegal?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Senegal identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Senegal getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,207 in 2010, up 5.5%.