How common is the surname Senft?

1,501 people in the United States had the surname Senft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,693 Americans. It ranked 18,440th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Senft?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Senft identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Senft getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,501 in 2010, down 4.2%.

The surname Senft

A surname, carried by 1,501 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S513

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Senft is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,501 people named Senft in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,693 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,567.

#18,440

rank among US surnames

1,501

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-4.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,776)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,431	Goggans	1,502	205,556
#18,440	Montz	1,501	205,693
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830

Who is named Senft

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

96% of people named Senft identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Senft?: 1,501 people in the United States had the surname Senft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,693 Americans. It ranked 18,440th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Senft?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Senft identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Senft getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,501 in 2010, down 4.2%.