How common is the surname Balderson?

1,321 people in the United States had the surname Balderson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. It ranked 20,183rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Balderson?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Balderson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Balderson?

Troy Balderson, American politician.

Where is the surname Balderson most common?

Wikidata records people named Balderson in the United States.

Is the surname Balderson getting more or less common?

More common. 1,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,321 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Balderson

A surname, carried by 1,321 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balderson is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,321 people named Balderson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,247.

#20,183

rank among US surnames

1,321

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,931)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,183	Cusano	1,321	233,721
#20,192	Ruppe	1,320	233,898

Who is named Balderson

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

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

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baldersons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Troy Balderson
American politician, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Balderson

Balderson has the Soundex code B436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B436.

Questions

How common is the surname Balderson?: 1,321 people in the United States had the surname Balderson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. It ranked 20,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Balderson?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Balderson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Balderson?: Troy Balderson, American politician.
Where is the surname Balderson most common?: Wikidata records people named Balderson in the United States.
Is the surname Balderson getting more or less common?: More common. 1,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,321 in 2010, up 5.9%.