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    The surname Eriksen

    A Danish surname, carried by 3,000 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E625

    Eriksen: #10,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Eriksen #10,663, 3,000 people Eriksen: #10,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Eriksen #10,663, 3,000 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eriksen is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    Danish origin

    Borrowed from Danish or Norwegian Eriksen.

    One of 50 Danish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,000 people named Eriksen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,915 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,859.

    #10,663
    rank among US surnames
    3,000
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #10,327)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,657Holz3,002102,847
    #10,662Bogdan3,001102,881
    #10,663Nee3,000102,915
    #10,668Troupe2,999102,949
    #10,671Bolivar2,997103,018

    Who is named Eriksen

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

    94% of people named Eriksen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Eriksen

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

    Other Danish surnames

    All 50 Danish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Eriksen come from?
    Borrowed from Danish or Norwegian Eriksen.
    How common is the surname Eriksen?
    3,000 people in the United States had the surname Eriksen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,915 Americans. It ranked 10,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eriksen?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eriksen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Eriksen getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,859 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,000 in 2010, up 4.9%.