Explore the Family Name Stennes

The meaning of Stennes

1. Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads, mainly in western Norway, named Steinnes, from Old Norse steinn ‘stone’ + nes ‘headland, promontory’. 2. German: from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Augustinus (see Austin).

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

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Stennes has seen a decrease between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 56,120th most popular in the United States but by 2010, it had dropped to rank 69,996, a decline of almost 25 percent. The count of individuals with this surname also decreased by nearly 18 percent, from 341 to 280 in that decade. As a proportion per 100,000 people, the Stennes surname went from representing 0.13 in 2000 to 0.09 in 2010, a drop of over 30 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,120	#69,996	-24.73%
Count	341	280	-17.89%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.09	-30.77%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stennes

On the matter of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the Stennes surname is largely associated with the White ethnic group. In 2000, about 97 percent of the those with the Stennes surname identified as White, and the figure rose marginally to approximately 97.14 percent in 2010. There's a notable representation within the Hispanic community, which decreased slightly from 2.05 percent to 1.79 percent over the same period. However, there were no instances of the surname among individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.77%	97.14%	0.38%
Hispanic	2.05%	1.79%	-12.68%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%