How common is the surname Erikson?

2,635 people in the United States had the surname Erikson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,171 Americans. It ranked 11,882nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Erikson?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Erikson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Erikson?

Erik Erikson, American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist, followed by Duke Erikson.

Where is the surname Erikson most common?

Wikidata records people named Erikson in Germany, the United States and Finland.

How do you pronounce Erikson?

Erikson is /ˈɛɹɪksən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Erikson getting more or less common?

More common. 2,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,635 in 2010, up 0.4%.

What are other spellings of Erikson?

Erekson, Ericson, Erickson, Ericsson and Errickson.

The surname Erikson

A surname, carried by 2,635 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɛɹɪksən/ 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). Erikson is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,635 people named Erikson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,171 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,625.

#11,882

rank among US surnames

2,635

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,100)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,874	Bousquet	2,637	117,082
#11,877	Gove	2,636	117,127
#11,882	Erikson	2,635	117,171
#11,886	Burse	2,634	117,215
#11,890	Defrancisco	2,633	117,260

Who is named Erikson

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

95% of people named Erikson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eriksons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Erik Erikson
American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist, 1902–1994
Duke Erikson
American musician, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, film producer and record producer, born 1951
Gustaf Erikson
Ålandic ship-owner and sea captain, 1872–1947

Notable Eriksons come mostly from Germany (1), the United States (1) and Finland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Erekson
Ericson
Erickson
Ericsson
Errickson

Surnames that sound like Erikson

Erikson 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 Erikson?: 2,635 people in the United States had the surname Erikson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,171 Americans. It ranked 11,882nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Erikson?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Erikson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Erikson?: Erik Erikson, American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist, followed by Duke Erikson.
Where is the surname Erikson most common?: Wikidata records people named Erikson in Germany, the United States and Finland.
How do you pronounce Erikson?: Erikson is /ˈɛɹɪksən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Erikson getting more or less common?: More common. 2,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,635 in 2010, up 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Erikson?: Erekson, Ericson, Erickson, Ericsson and Errickson.