The surname Amerson
A surname, carried by 5,455 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex A562
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,455 people named Amerson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,599 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,880.
#6,263
rank among US surnames
5,455
people in 2010
1.9
per 100,000 Americans
+11.8%
change since 2000 (was #6,424)
Who is named Amerson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
63% of people named Amerson identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 63%
- Black (not Hispanic) 31%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Amerson
Amerson has the Soundex code A562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A562.
Questions
- How common is the surname Amerson?
- 5,455 people in the United States had the surname Amerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,599 Americans. It ranked 6,263rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Amerson?
- In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Amerson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Amerson getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,880 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,455 in 2010, up 12%.