How common is the surname Viens?

1,603 people in the United States had the surname Viens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,605 Americans. It ranked 17,551st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Viens?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Viens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Viens getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,603 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Viens

A surname, carried by 1,603 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex V520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Viens is more common than 89.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,603 people named Viens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,605 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,627.

#17,551

rank among US surnames

1,603

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,302)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,551	Farney	1,603	192,605
#17,559	Cambridge	1,602	192,725

Who is named Viens

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

94% of people named Viens identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Viens

Viens has the Soundex code V520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V520.

Questions

How common is the surname Viens?: 1,603 people in the United States had the surname Viens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,605 Americans. It ranked 17,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Viens?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Viens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Viens getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,603 in 2010, down 1.5%.