How common is the surname Andersson?

1,372 people in the United States had the surname Andersson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,033 Americans. It ranked 19,646th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Andersson?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Andersson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Andersson?

Ramon Andersson, Australian sprint canoer, followed by Wiktor Andersson.

Where is the surname Andersson most common?

Wikidata records people named Andersson in Australia and Sweden.

Is the surname Andersson getting more or less common?

More common. 977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,372 in 2010, up 40%.

The surname Andersson

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,372 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Andersson is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Andersson.

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,372 people named Andersson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,033 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 977.

#19,646

rank among US surnames

1,372

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+40.4%

change since 2000 (was #24,083)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,642	Caliendo	1,373	224,869
#19,646	Garrigan	1,372	225,033
#19,654	Punch	1,371	225,197

Who is named Andersson

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

92% of people named Andersson identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Anderssons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ramon Andersson
Australian sprint canoer, born 1963
Wiktor Andersson
Actor (1887–1966)

Notable Anderssons come mostly from Australia (1) and Sweden (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Andersson

Andersson has the Soundex code A536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A536.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Andersson come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Andersson.
How common is the surname Andersson?: 1,372 people in the United States had the surname Andersson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,033 Americans. It ranked 19,646th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Andersson?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Andersson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Andersson?: Ramon Andersson, Australian sprint canoer, followed by Wiktor Andersson.
Where is the surname Andersson most common?: Wikidata records people named Andersson in Australia and Sweden.
Is the surname Andersson getting more or less common?: More common. 977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,372 in 2010, up 40%.