How common is the surname Ericksen?

3,877 people in the United States had the surname Ericksen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,635 Americans. It ranked 8,496th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ericksen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ericksen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ericksen getting more or less common?

More common. 3,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,877 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Ericksen

A surname, carried by 3,877 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ericksen is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,877 people named Ericksen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,635 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,386.

#8,496

rank among US surnames

3,877

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+14.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,891)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,488	Tinney	3,884	79,492
#8,489	Halcomb	3,883	79,512
#8,490	Earhart	3,882	79,533
#8,491	Becerril	3,881	79,553
#8,492	Crowther	3,880	79,574
#8,493	Sharif	3,879	79,594
#8,494	Dills	3,878	79,615

Who is named Ericksen

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

95% of people named Ericksen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ericksen

Ericksen has the Soundex code E625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E625.

Questions

How common is the surname Ericksen?: 3,877 people in the United States had the surname Ericksen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,635 Americans. It ranked 8,496th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ericksen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ericksen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ericksen getting more or less common?: More common. 3,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,877 in 2010, up 15%.