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    The surname Christianson

    A surname, carried by 11,951 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C623

    Christianson: #3,001 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Christianson #3,001, 11,951 people Christianson: #3,001 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Christianson #3,001, 11,951 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Christianson is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,951 people named Christianson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,834 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,866.

    #3,001
    rank among US surnames
    11,951
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,787)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,992Beverly11,97825,776
    #2,993Wylie11,97525,783
    #2,994Fallon11,97425,785
    #2,995Billingsley11,97325,787
    #2,996Stack11,96725,800
    #2,997Chowdhury11,96125,813
    #2,998Pascual11,95925,817

    Who is named Christianson

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

    94% of people named Christianson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Christiansons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Theodore Christianson
      American politician (1883-1948)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Christianson

    Christianson has the Soundex code C623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C623.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Christianson?
    11,951 people in the United States had the surname Christianson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,834 Americans. It ranked 3,001st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Christianson?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Christianson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Christianson?
    Theodore Christianson, American politician (1883-1948).
    Where is the surname Christianson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Christianson in the United States.
    Is the surname Christianson getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,951 in 2010, up 0.7%.