How common is the surname Senior?

3,864 people in the United States had the surname Senior in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,903 Americans. It ranked 8,518th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Senior?

Charlie Senior, Australian boxer, followed by Timothy C. Senior.

Where is the surname Senior most common?

Wikidata records people named Senior in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Senior getting more or less common?

More common. 3,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,864 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Senior

A surname, carried by 3,864 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Senior is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,864 people named Senior in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,903 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,438.

#8,518

rank among US surnames

3,864

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+12.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,511	Sainz	3,869	79,800
#8,512	Shedd	3,868	79,820
#8,517	Lepage	3,865	79,882
#8,518	Pegues	3,864	79,903
#8,523	Coursey	3,862	79,944
#8,525	Sines	3,861	79,965

Who is named Senior

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

54% of people named Senior identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 54%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Seniors

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charlie Senior
Australian boxer, born 2001
Timothy C. Senior
American Roman Catholic priest, born 1960

Notable Seniors come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sinyard

Senior has the Soundex code S560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S560.

Questions

How common is the surname Senior?: 3,864 people in the United States had the surname Senior in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,903 Americans. It ranked 8,518th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Senior?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Senior identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Senior?: Charlie Senior, Australian boxer, followed by Timothy C. Senior.
Where is the surname Senior most common?: Wikidata records people named Senior in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Senior getting more or less common?: More common. 3,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,864 in 2010, up 12%.
What are other spellings of Senior?: Sinyard.