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    The surname Edmonson

    A surname, carried by 4,631 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E355

    Edmonson: #7,207 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Edmonson #7,207, 4,631 people Edmonson: #7,207 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Edmonson #7,207, 4,631 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edmonson is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,631 people named Edmonson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,669 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,566.

    #7,207
    rank among US surnames
    4,631
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #6,800)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,198Middlebrooks4,64366,497
    #7,199Tristan4,64266,511
    #7,200Serafin4,64166,526
    #7,201Tryon4,63866,569
    #7,203Rigney4,63766,583
    #7,204Nord4,63566,612
    #7,205Nickles4,63466,626

    Who is named Edmonson

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

    69% of people named Edmonson identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Edmonsons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Greg Edmonson
      American music composer, born 2000

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Edmonson

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Edmonson?
    4,631 people in the United States had the surname Edmonson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,669 Americans. It ranked 7,207th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Edmonson?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Edmonson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Edmonson?
    Greg Edmonson, American music composer.
    Where is the surname Edmonson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Edmonson in the United States.
    Is the surname Edmonson getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,631 in 2010, up 1.4%.