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    The surname Fredericksen

    A Danish patronymic surname, carried by 1,615 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex F636

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fredericksen is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    Danish origin

    Borrowed from Danish Fredericksen, patronymic from Frederick + -sen.

    Fredericksen is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 1,615 people named Fredericksen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,174 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,512.

    #17,455
    rank among US surnames
    1,615
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,248)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,447Gaye1,616191,055
    #17,455Fredericksen1,615191,174
    #17,463Bazaldua1,614191,292

    Who is named Fredericksen

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

    94% of people named Fredericksen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fredericksen

    Fredericksen has the Soundex code F636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F636.

    Other Danish surnames

    All 50 Danish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fredericksen come from?
    Borrowed from Danish Fredericksen, patronymic from Frederick + -sen.
    How common is the surname Fredericksen?
    1,615 people in the United States had the surname Fredericksen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,174 Americans. It ranked 17,455th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fredericksen?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Fredericksen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Fredericksen?
    Fredericksen is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Fredericksen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,615 in 2010, up 6.8%.