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    The surname Edmondson

    A patronymic surname, carried by 13,524 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E355

    Edmondson: #2,667 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Edmondson #2,667, 13,524 people Edmondson: #2,667 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Edmondson #2,667, 13,524 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edmondson is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    From Edmond + -son.

    Edmondson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,524 people named Edmondson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,829 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,107.

    #2,667
    rank among US surnames
    13,524
    people in 2010
    4.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,528)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,658Morrissey13,56422,762
    #2,659Weinstein13,56322,764
    #2,660Jarrell13,56222,765
    #2,661Rector13,55922,771
    #2,662Loyd13,54722,791
    #2,663Solorio13,53722,808
    #2,664Garvin13,53622,809

    Who is named Edmondson

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

    72% of people named Edmondson identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Edmondsons

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mark Edmondson
      Australian tennis player, born 1954
    • Alexander Edmondson
      Australian cyclist, born 1993
    • Annette Edmondson
      Australian cyclist, born 1991
    • Adrian Edmondson
      British comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director, born 1957
    • J. Howard Edmondson
      American politician (1925-1971)
    • Frank K. Edmondson
      American astronomer (1912–2008)

    Notable Edmondsons come mostly from Australia (3), the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Edmondson

    Edmondson has the Soundex code E355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E355.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Edmondson come from?
    From Edmond + -son.
    How common is the surname Edmondson?
    13,524 people in the United States had the surname Edmondson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,829 Americans. It ranked 2,667th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Edmondson?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Edmondson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Edmondson?
    Mark Edmondson, Australian tennis player, followed by Alexander Edmondson.
    Where is the surname Edmondson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Edmondson in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Edmondson?
    Edmondson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Edmondson getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,524 in 2010, up 3.2%.