Last Name FENWICK

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Meaning	Local: Of Fenwick, a township in the parish of Stamfordham, county Northumberland; a township in the parish of Campsall, West Riding Yorks.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	6,904 (2000 US census)	4,904 (1990 US census)

Count	4,482 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.33%, or 3466 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
18.9%, or 847 total occurrences, as black,
0.62%, or 28 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.27%, or 12 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.78%, or 80 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.09%, or 49 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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