Explore the Family Name Genung

The meaning of Genung

Americanized form of French Guénon: from the ancient Germanic personal name Wano, from wan ‘hope, expectation’. Compare Ganong and Ganung. History: This surname is listed along with its original form Guenon in the (US) National Huguenot Society’s register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Genung" decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked at 32,129, but by 2010, it had fallen to 36,630, a change of -14.01%. The number of people with the surname also dropped from 677 to 610 during the same period, marking a decline of 9.9%. Consequently, the proportion of people named Genung per 100,000 fell by 16%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#32,129	#36,630	-14.01%
Count	677	610	-9.9%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.21	-16%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Genung

The ethnic identity connected to the Genung surname also experienced some shifts between 2000 and 2010, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, 95.57% of individuals with this name identified as White, a figure which decreased slightly to 94.26% in 2010. Those identifying as Hispanic increased marginally from 2.36% to 2.79%. Interestingly, there were no recorded individuals with the Genung surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in 2000, however, by 2010, 1.15% identified as Asian/Pacific Islander while the percentage for Black remained unchanged. The proportion of those identifying as two or more races dropped from 0.89% to 0.82%, and the number of American Indian and Alaskan Natives went from 0.74% to zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.57%	94.26%	-1.37%
Hispanic	2.36%	2.79%	18.22%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.15%	0%
Two or More Races	0.89%	0.82%	-7.87%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.74%	0%	0%