Explore the Family Name Henningson

The meaning of Henningson

1. Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Henningsson: patronymic from the personal name Henning 1. 2. Americanized form of Danish and Norwegian Henningsen, a cognate of 1 above. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Sven.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Henningson has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it held the rank of 64,572, while in 2010 it was ranked at 68,949, marking a decline of 6.78%. The total count of individuals with this surname also dipped slightly from 288 in 2000 to 285 in 2010, a drop of 1.04%. This change also affected the proportion per 100,000 people, which fell from 0.11 to 0.1, a decrease of 9.09%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,572	#68,949	-6.78%
Count	288	285	-1.04%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Henningson

As for its ethnic identity breakdown for the same time period, again drawing from the Decennial U.S. Census data, a vast majority of those with the Henningson surname identify as White, with a small margin of change from 93.75% in 2000 to 93.33% in 2010. The Hispanic population bearing this surname saw a slight increase from 4.17% to 4.56%. Interestingly, there was a new appearance of the Black ethnicity within this surname, accounting for 1.75% in 2010, where there were none identified in 2000. There were no changes or appearances in the categories of Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, and American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.75%	93.33%	-0.45%
Hispanic	4.17%	4.56%	9.35%
Black	0%	1.75%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%