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    The surname Ericson

    A patronymic surname, carried by 6,014 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E625

    Ericson: #5,762 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ericson #5,762, 6,014 people Ericson: #5,762 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ericson #5,762, 6,014 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ericson is more common than 96.4% of them.

    Origin

    From Eric + -son.

    Ericson 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 6,014 people named Ericson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,338 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,016.

    #5,762
    rank among US surnames
    6,014
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #5,333)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,758Kao6,01851,304
    #5,759Flack6,01651,321
    #5,761Roney6,01551,329
    #5,762Fitts6,01451,338
    #5,765Luck6,00851,389

    Who is named Ericson

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

    94% of people named Ericson identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Ericson

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ericson come from?
    From Eric + -son.
    How common is the surname Ericson?
    6,014 people in the United States had the surname Ericson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,338 Americans. It ranked 5,762nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ericson?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ericson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Ericson?
    Ericson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Ericson getting more or less common?
    About as common. 6,016 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,014 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.
    What are other spellings of Ericson?
    Erekson, Erickson, Ericsson, Erikson and Errickson.