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    The surname Christofferson

    A surname, carried by 2,218 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C623

    Christofferson: #13,654 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Christofferson #13,654, 2,218 people Christofferson: #13,654 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Christofferson #13,654, 2,218 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Christofferson is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,218 people named Christofferson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,200 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,167.

    #13,654
    rank among US surnames
    2,218
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,971)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,646Eid2,219139,137
    #13,654Victorino2,218139,200
    #13,657Gengler2,217139,263
    #13,660Fitzgibbon2,216139,326

    Who is named Christofferson

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

    94% of people named Christofferson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Christofferson

    Christofferson 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 Christofferson?
    2,218 people in the United States had the surname Christofferson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,200 Americans. It ranked 13,654th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Christofferson?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Christofferson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Christofferson getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,218 in 2010, up 2.4%.