How common is the surname Engebretson?

2,684 people in the United States had the surname Engebretson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,032 Americans. It ranked 11,679th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Engebretson getting more or less common?

More common. 2,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,684 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Engebretson

A surname, carried by 2,684 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex E521

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Engebretson is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,684 people named Engebretson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,032 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,335.

#11,679

rank among US surnames

2,684

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+14.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,233)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,672	Luongo	2,686	114,946
#11,675	Guin	2,685	114,989
#11,679	Petitt	2,684	115,032
#11,683	Pridemore	2,683	115,075
#11,685	Rorie	2,682	115,118
#11,688	Rotondo	2,681	115,161

Who is named Engebretson

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

95% of people named Engebretson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Engebretson

Engberg

Engebretson has the Soundex code E521, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E521.

Questions

How common is the surname Engebretson?: 2,684 people in the United States had the surname Engebretson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,032 Americans. It ranked 11,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Engebretson?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Engebretson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Engebretson getting more or less common?: More common. 2,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,684 in 2010, up 15%.