Explore the Family Name Enderson

The meaning of Enderson

1. Americanized form of Norwegian Endresen. 2. Americanized form of Danish Endersen: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Endricht. 3. English: de-aspirated variant of Henderson.

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How common is the last name Enderson in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Enderson has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Enderson was ranked as the 33,563rd most popular surname in the United States and held by 641 individuals. However, a decade later, the rank had dropped to 36,736 with only 608 bearers. This signifies a decrease in popularity by 9.45% and a drop in count by 5.15%. The proportion of Americans bearing this name per 100,000 also decreased from 0.24 to 0.21.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,563	#36,736	-9.45%
Count	641	608	-5.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.21	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Enderson

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some changes in the ethnic identities associated with the surname Enderson over the same period. In 2000, 94.07% of those with this surname identified as White, but this fell to 92.27% in 2010. On the other hand, the percentage of Endersons identifying as Black increased from 2.34% to 3.45%, while the Hispanic population grew from 1.72% to 2.30%. Notably, there were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native. However, there was an appearance of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, which wasn't recorded in the year 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.07%	92.27%	-1.91%
Black	2.34%	3.45%	47.44%
Hispanic	1.72%	2.3%	33.72%
Two or More Races	0%	0.99%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.94%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%