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    The surname Sennett

    A surname, carried by 1,498 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S530

    Sennett: #18,467 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sennett #18,467, 1,498 people Sennett: #18,467 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sennett #18,467, 1,498 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sennett 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 1,498 people named Sennett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,105 Americans. That is down 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,827.

    #18,467
    rank among US surnames
    1,498
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -18%
    change since 2000 (was #14,871)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,467Sciacca1,498206,105
    #18,474Longnecker1,497206,243

    Who is named Sennett

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

    92% of people named Sennett identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sennetts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Sennett
      American sociologist and academic, born 1943

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sennett

    Sennett has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sennett?
    1,498 people in the United States had the surname Sennett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,105 Americans. It ranked 18,467th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sennett?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sennett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sennett?
    Richard Sennett, American sociologist and academic.
    Where is the surname Sennett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sennett in the United States.
    Is the surname Sennett getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,498 in 2010, down 18%.