How common is the surname Alderson?

6,130 people in the United States had the surname Alderson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,366 Americans. It ranked 5,664th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Alderson?

Jody Alderson, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, followed by Kristen Alderson.

Where is the surname Alderson most common?

Wikidata records people named Alderson in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Alderson?

Alderson is /ˈɔl.dɚ.sən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Alderson getting more or less common?

More common. 5,884 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,130 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Alderson

A patronymic surname, carried by 6,130 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɔl.dɚ.sən/ 3 syllables Soundex A436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alderson is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

From Alder + -son, from being the son of a person named Alder.

Alderson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,130 people named Alderson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,366 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,884.

#5,664

rank among US surnames

6,130

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,438)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,656	Settles	6,137	50,309
#5,658	Kellum	6,136	50,317
#5,660	Tedesco	6,133	50,342
#5,664	Arvizu	6,130	50,366
#5,666	Coakley	6,127	50,391
#5,668	Ismail	6,126	50,399

Who is named Alderson

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

87% of people named Alderson identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Aldersons

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jody Alderson
American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, 1935–2021
Kristen Alderson
American actress, born 1991
Erville Alderson
Actor (1881-1957)
Edwin Alderson
British and Canadian First World War general (1859–1927)
Eddie Alderson
American actor, born 1994
Mary Long Alderson
American suffragist and botanical collector, 1860–1940

Notable Aldersons come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Alderson

Alderson has the Soundex code A436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A436.

Questions

Where does the surname Alderson come from?: From Alder + -son, from being the son of a person named Alder.
How common is the surname Alderson?: 6,130 people in the United States had the surname Alderson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,366 Americans. It ranked 5,664th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alderson?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Alderson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Alderson?: Jody Alderson, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, followed by Kristen Alderson.
Where is the surname Alderson most common?: Wikidata records people named Alderson in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Alderson?: Alderson is /ˈɔl.dɚ.sən/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Alderson?: Alderson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Alderson getting more or less common?: More common. 5,884 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,130 in 2010, up 4.2%.