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    The surname Venson

    A surname, carried by 1,191 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex V525

    Venson: #21,830 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Venson #21,830, 1,191 people Venson: #21,830 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Venson #21,830, 1,191 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Venson is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,191 people named Venson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,032.

    #21,830
    rank among US surnames
    1,191
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.4%
    change since 2000 (was #23,104)

    Who is named Venson

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

    79% of people named Venson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Venson

    Venson has the Soundex code V525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V525.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Venson?
    1,191 people in the United States had the surname Venson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Venson?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Venson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Venson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, up 15%.