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    The surname Evenson

    A surname, carried by 6,088 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E152

    Evenson: #5,694 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Evenson #5,694, 6,088 people Evenson: #5,694 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Evenson #5,694, 6,088 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Evenson is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,088 people named Evenson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,714 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,186.

    #5,694
    rank among US surnames
    6,088
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,190)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,689Humes6,09350,672
    #5,691DiStefano6,09150,689
    #5,692Barnum6,09050,697
    #5,694Evenson6,08850,714

    Who is named Evenson

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

    95% of people named Evenson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Evensons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Brian Evenson
      American writer, born 1966

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Evenson

    Evenson 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 Evenson?
    6,088 people in the United States had the surname Evenson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,714 Americans. It ranked 5,694th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Evenson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Evenson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Evenson?
    Brian Evenson, American writer.
    Where is the surname Evenson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Evenson in the United States.
    Is the surname Evenson getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,088 in 2010, down 1.6%.