How common is the surname Axelson?

1,577 people in the United States had the surname Axelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. It ranked 17,764th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Axelson getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,577 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Axelson

A surname, carried by 1,577 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Axelson is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,577 people named Axelson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,578.

#17,764

rank among US surnames

1,577

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,694)

Who is named Axelson

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

96% of people named Axelson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Axelson?: 1,577 people in the United States had the surname Axelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. It ranked 17,764th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Axelson?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Axelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Axelson getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,577 in 2010, down 0.1%.