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    The surname Gustafson

    A surname, carried by 26,421 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G231

    Gustafson: #1,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Gustafson #1,333, 26,421 people Gustafson: #1,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gustafson #1,333, 26,421 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gustafson is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 26,421 people named Gustafson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,686 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 26,433.

    #1,333
    rank among US surnames
    26,421
    people in 2010
    9.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #1,213)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,324Dickinson26,60711,604
    #1,325Cassidy26,59011,611
    #1,326Rucker26,58111,615
    #1,327Gabriel26,57811,617
    #1,328Herron26,55911,625
    #1,329McNamara26,53411,636
    #1,330Rouse26,51911,642

    Who is named Gustafson

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

    96% of people named Gustafson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gustafsons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kathryn Gustafson
      American landscape architect, born 1951
    • Bart Howard
      American composer and musician (1915–2004)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gustafson

    Gustafson has the Soundex code G231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G231.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gustafson?
    26,421 people in the United States had the surname Gustafson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,686 Americans. It ranked 1,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gustafson?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gustafson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Gustafson?
    Kathryn Gustafson, American landscape architect, followed by Bart Howard.
    Where is the surname Gustafson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gustafson in the United States.
    Is the surname Gustafson getting more or less common?
    About as common. 26,433 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,421 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.