Find out how popular the last name Handren is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Handren.

Handren, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Handren surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Handren in America

Handren is the 147253rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Handren surname appeared 112 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Handren.

We can also compare 2010 data for Handren to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Handren

The surname HANDREN is of English origin, originating in the late medieval period around the 13th or 14th century. It is a locational surname derived from the place name Handren or Andren, which were older spellings of the village of Hendren in Gloucestershire, England. The name is thought to be derived from the Old English words "henn" meaning poultry and "denu" meaning a valley or meadow, suggesting it was originally a place associated with rearing poultry.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Gloucestershire Subsidy Rolls of 1327, which list a John de Hendren. The Hendren spelling also appears in the Calendars of Wills for the City of London in 1362, referring to a Thomas de Hendren. These early records indicate the name was present in the region of its origin during the medieval period.

By the 16th century, the surname had begun to appear in its more modern spelling of HANDREN. In the Lay Subsidy Rolls for Gloucestershire from 1523, there is a reference to a William Handren. The variant spelling of Andren persisted for some time, with records from the town of Chipping Campden in 1598 mentioning a Richard Andren.

Notable individuals with the surname HANDREN include John Handren, a 17th-century English politician who served as Mayor of Gloucester in 1670. In the 18th century, there was a Captain Edward Handren who served in the British Royal Navy and commanded the HMS Formidable during the American Revolutionary War in the late 1770s.

Moving into the 19th century, William Handren (1809-1887) was an English landscape painter and etcher known for his depictions of rural scenes and historical buildings. His works can be found in various art collections across Britain. Another figure was Thomas Handren (1864-1942), a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Bridgeton from 1922 to 1931.

In more recent times, one of the most prominent individuals with the HANDREN surname was Sir Robert Handren (1920-2008), a British businessman and philanthropist. He was the chairman of the construction company Wimpey plc and was knighted in 1976 for his services to the industry and to charity.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Handren

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Handren.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Handren was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Handren has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Handren was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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