How common is the surname Stenson?

3,403 people in the United States had the surname Stenson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,727 Americans. It ranked 9,552nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Stenson getting more or less common?

More common. 3,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,403 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Stenson

A surname, carried by 3,403 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stenson is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,403 people named Stenson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,727 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,184.

#9,552

rank among US surnames

3,403

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,384)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,547	Bose	3,406	90,648
#9,548	Arney	3,405	90,674
#9,551	Obando	3,404	90,701
#9,552	Heinemann	3,403	90,727
#9,557	Lampley	3,402	90,754
#9,560	Arp	3,401	90,781

Who is named Stenson

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

69% of people named Stenson identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stenson

Stenson has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

Questions

How common is the surname Stenson?: 3,403 people in the United States had the surname Stenson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,727 Americans. It ranked 9,552nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stenson?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Stenson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Stenson getting more or less common?: More common. 3,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,403 in 2010, up 6.9%.