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    The surname Abrahamson

    A surname, carried by 4,948 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex A165

    Abrahamson: #6,817 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Abrahamson #6,817, 4,948 people Abrahamson: #6,817 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Abrahamson #6,817, 4,948 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Abrahamson is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Abraham + -son.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,948 people named Abrahamson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,398 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,855.

    #6,817
    rank among US surnames
    4,948
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #6,450)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,811Toland4,95262,348
    #6,813Kurth4,95162,360
    #6,814Breckenridge4,94962,385
    #6,817Abrahamson4,94862,398
    #6,818Steffens4,94762,411

    Who is named Abrahamson

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Abrahamson identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 5.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Abrahamsons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Eric Abrahamsson
      Actor, Comedian (1890-1942)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Abrahamson

    Abrahamson has the Soundex code A165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A165.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Abrahamson come from?
    From Abraham + -son.
    How common is the surname Abrahamson?
    4,948 people in the United States had the surname Abrahamson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,398 Americans. It ranked 6,817th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Abrahamson?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Abrahamson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Who is the most famous person named Abrahamson?
    Eric Abrahamsson, actor, Comedian (1890-1942).
    Where is the surname Abrahamson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Abrahamson in Sweden.
    Is the surname Abrahamson getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,948 in 2010, up 1.9%.