How common is the surname Sunde?

1,293 people in the United States had the surname Sunde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sunde?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sunde identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sunde?

Olav Sunde, athletics competitor (1903–1985).

Where is the surname Sunde most common?

Wikidata records people named Sunde in Norway.

Is the surname Sunde getting more or less common?

More common. 1,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Sunde

A Norse surname, carried by 1,293 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sunde is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From the Norwegian surname named after several farmsteads, from Old Norse sund (“strait, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,293 people named Sunde in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,244.

#20,512

rank among US surnames

1,293

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,968)

Who is named Sunde

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

92% of people named Sunde identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sundes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Olav Sunde
Athletics competitor (1903–1985)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sunde

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

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sunde come from?: From the Norwegian surname named after several farmsteads, from Old Norse sund (“strait, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą.
How common is the surname Sunde?: 1,293 people in the United States had the surname Sunde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sunde?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sunde identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sunde?: Olav Sunde, athletics competitor (1903–1985).
Where is the surname Sunde most common?: Wikidata records people named Sunde in Norway.
Is the surname Sunde getting more or less common?: More common. 1,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 3.9%.