Explore the Family Name Fenderson

The meaning of Fenderson

Scottish: altered form of Finlayson or a variant of Henderson.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Fenderson saw slight changes in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Fenderson was ranked as the 16,554th most common surname, staying nearly constant a decade later at 16,555th in 2010. However, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased by approximately 8.58%, from 1,597 in 2000 to 1,734 in 2010. Despite the increase in count, the proportion per 100,000 people remained unchanged at 0.59.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,554	#16,555	-0.01%
Count	1,597	1,734	8.58%
Proportion per 100k	0.59	0.59	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fenderson

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that in 2000, the majority of individuals with the surname Fenderson identified as Black (56.73%), followed by White (39.07%). A small percentage identified as Hispanic (2.13%) while an even smaller group identified as belonging to two or more races (1.75%). By 2010, there were slight shifts in these percentages, with the proportion identifying as Black slightly increasing to 57.84% and those identifying as White decreasing to 35.93%. The percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic saw the greatest increase, rising by 68.08% to 3.58%, and those reporting two or more races also increased to 2.19%. The proportions identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at 0 throughout both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	56.73%	57.84%	1.96%
White	39.07%	35.93%	-8.04%
Hispanic	2.13%	3.58%	68.08%
Two or More Races	1.75%	2.19%	25.14%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%