How common is the surname Amundson?

6,594 people in the United States had the surname Amundson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,822 Americans. It ranked 5,280th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Amundson?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Amundson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Amundson?

Louis Amundson, American basketball player (born 1982).

Where is the surname Amundson most common?

Wikidata records people named Amundson in the United States.

Is the surname Amundson getting more or less common?

More common. 6,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,594 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Amundson

A surname, carried by 6,594 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A553

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Amundson is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,594 people named Amundson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,822 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,589.

#5,280

rank among US surnames

6,594

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,896)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,271	Viola	6,616	46,666
#5,273	Vollmer	6,614	46,681
#5,274	Burchfield	6,612	46,695
#5,275	Marchand	6,610	46,709
#5,277	Heiser	6,606	46,737
#5,278	Keil	6,603	46,758
#5,279	Mulcahy	6,595	46,815

Who is named Amundson

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

95% of people named Amundson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Amundsons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Louis Amundson
American basketball player (born 1982)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Amundson

Amundsen

Amundson has the Soundex code A553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A553.

Questions

How common is the surname Amundson?: 6,594 people in the United States had the surname Amundson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,822 Americans. It ranked 5,280th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Amundson?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Amundson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Amundson?: Louis Amundson, American basketball player (born 1982).
Where is the surname Amundson most common?: Wikidata records people named Amundson in the United States.
Is the surname Amundson getting more or less common?: More common. 6,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,594 in 2010, up 0.1%.