How common is the surname Virden?

1,951 people in the United States had the surname Virden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,250 Americans. It ranked 15,120th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Virden getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,975 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,951 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Virden

A surname, carried by 1,951 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Virden is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,951 people named Virden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,250 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,975.

#15,120

rank among US surnames

1,951

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,012)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,117	Capo	1,952	158,169
#15,120	Fuhrmann	1,951	158,250
#15,124	Wipf	1,950	158,331
#15,127	Parman	1,949	158,412

Who is named Virden

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

81% of people named Virden identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Virden?: 1,951 people in the United States had the surname Virden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,250 Americans. It ranked 15,120th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Virden?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Virden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Virden getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,975 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,951 in 2010, down 1.2%.