# Aaronson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/aaronson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

Hebrew patronymic surname of Aaron

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,171 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,106 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 263,660 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (1,176 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Aaron + -son.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Aaronson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Aaronson in the United States.

## People named Aaronson

- Brenden Aaronson, American soccer player
- Marc Aaronson, American astronomer (1950-1987)
- Paxten Aaronson, American soccer player
- Scott Aaronson, American quantum computing researcher (1981-)
- Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician (1917–2005)
- Kenny Aaronson, American bassist

## Similar surnames

Aronson, Arneson, Aarons, Armstrong, Arrington, Arenas, Ahrens, Armijo, Armstead, Arango, Armas, Arms.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.