Explore the Family Name Stenseth

The meaning of Stenseth

Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads, notably in eastern Norway, named Steinset, from either the noun stein ‘stone’ or the same word as a personal name + set ‘farmstead’.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Stenseth has experienced a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 47,939 in popularity and declined to 50,467 by 2010, representing a change of -5.27%. During this same period, the count of individuals with this surname remained fairly stable, decreasing only slightly from 415 to 414. The proportion of individuals named Stenseth per 100,000 also saw a modest decrease, falling from 0.15 to 0.14 or -6.67%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#47,939	#50,467	-5.27%
Count	415	414	-0.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stenseth

Looking at the ethnicity breakdown for this surname, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, changes occurred between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders with the surname Stenseth went up from 1.45% to 2.66%, marking an increase of 83.45%. There was also an increase in the percentages of individuals identifying as having two or more ethnicities, rising from 1.69% to 3.38%, a change of 100%. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identified as White decreased from 94.7% to 91.06%, a change of -3.84%. The Hispanic population registered under this surname was 0% in 2000 but increased to 1.45% in 2010. The percentages for Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities remained at 0% throughout this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.7%	91.06%	-3.84%
Two or More Races	1.69%	3.38%	100%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.45%	2.66%	83.45%
Hispanic	0%	1.45%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.2%	0%	0%