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    The surname Courson

    A surname, carried by 3,244 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C625

    Courson: #9,953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Courson #9,953, 3,244 people Courson: #9,953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Courson #9,953, 3,244 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Courson is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,244 people named Courson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,174 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,049.

    #9,953
    rank among US surnames
    3,244
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,789)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,949Schantz3,24595,145
    #9,953Courson3,24495,174
    #9,954Alpert3,24395,204
    #9,956Goines3,24295,233
    #9,959Boutte3,24195,262
    #9,961Brazier3,24095,292

    Who is named Courson

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

    95% of people named Courson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Coursons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pamela Courson
      American artist and common-law wife of Jim Morrison, 1946–1974

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Courson

    Courson has the Soundex code C625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Courson?
    3,244 people in the United States had the surname Courson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,174 Americans. It ranked 9,953rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Courson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Courson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Courson?
    Pamela Courson, American artist and common-law wife of Jim Morrison.
    Where is the surname Courson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Courson in the United States.
    Is the surname Courson getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,244 in 2010, up 6.4%.