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    The surname Evanson

    A surname, carried by 1,368 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E152

    Evanson: #19,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Evanson #19,697, 1,368 people Evanson: #19,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Evanson #19,697, 1,368 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Evanson is more common than 87.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,368 people named Evanson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,691 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,258.

    #19,697
    rank among US surnames
    1,368
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,797)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,688Matuszak1,369225,526
    #19,697Abbe1,368225,691
    #19,703Antillon1,367225,856

    Who is named Evanson

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

    89% of people named Evanson identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Evansons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Edith Evanson
      American actress (1896-1980)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Eavenson

    Surnames that sound like Evanson

    Evanson has the Soundex code E152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E152.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Evanson?
    1,368 people in the United States had the surname Evanson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,691 Americans. It ranked 19,697th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Evanson?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Evanson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Evanson?
    Edith Evanson, American actress (1896-1980).
    Where is the surname Evanson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Evanson in the United States.
    Is the surname Evanson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,368 in 2010, up 8.7%.
    What are other spellings of Evanson?
    Eavenson.