How common is the surname Eidson?

4,381 people in the United States had the surname Eidson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,474 Americans. It ranked 7,585th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eidson?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eidson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eidson?

Chuck Eidson, American basketball player (born 1980).

Where is the surname Eidson most common?

Wikidata records people named Eidson in the United States.

Is the surname Eidson getting more or less common?

More common. 4,279 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,381 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Eidson

A surname, carried by 4,381 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eidson is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,381 people named Eidson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,474 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,279.

#7,585

rank among US surnames

4,381

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,193)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,580	Mars	4,384	70,426
#7,582	Vanhouten	4,383	70,442
#7,584	Wilfong	4,382	70,458
#7,585	Eidson	4,381	70,474
#7,589	Curcio	4,380	70,490
#7,591	Simmonds	4,379	70,506

Who is named Eidson

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

95% of people named Eidson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eidsons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chuck Eidson
American basketball player (born 1980)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eidson

Eidson has the Soundex code E325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E325.

Questions

How common is the surname Eidson?: 4,381 people in the United States had the surname Eidson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,474 Americans. It ranked 7,585th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eidson?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Eidson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eidson?: Chuck Eidson, American basketball player (born 1980).
Where is the surname Eidson most common?: Wikidata records people named Eidson in the United States.
Is the surname Eidson getting more or less common?: More common. 4,279 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,381 in 2010, up 2.4%.