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    The surname Christopherson

    A surname, carried by 6,115 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex C623

    Christopherson: #5,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Christopherson #5,673, 6,115 people Christopherson: #5,673 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Christopherson #5,673, 6,115 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Christopherson is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,115 people named Christopherson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,490 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,774.

    #5,673
    rank among US surnames
    6,115
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,532)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,669Brister6,12350,424
    #5,671Elmer6,11950,457
    #5,672Shaughnessy6,11750,473
    #5,673Christopherson6,11550,490

    Who is named Christopherson

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

    95% of people named Christopherson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Christopherson

    Christopherson 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 Christopherson?
    6,115 people in the United States had the surname Christopherson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,490 Americans. It ranked 5,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Christopherson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Christopherson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Christopherson getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,115 in 2010, up 5.9%.