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    The surname Halvorson

    A surname, carried by 6,298 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H416

    Halvorson: #5,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Halvorson #5,520, 6,298 people Halvorson: #5,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Halvorson #5,520, 6,298 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halvorson is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,298 people named Halvorson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,023 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,184.

    #5,520
    rank among US surnames
    6,298
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,191)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,514Kocher6,30848,945
    #5,516Musselman6,30648,961
    #5,518Runyan6,30148,999
    #5,520Halvorson6,29849,023

    Who is named Halvorson

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

    95% of people named Halvorson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Halvorsons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Debbie Halvorson
      American politician, born 1958

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Halvorson

    Halvorson has the Soundex code H416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H416.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Halvorson?
    6,298 people in the United States had the surname Halvorson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,023 Americans. It ranked 5,520th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Halvorson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Halvorson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Halvorson?
    Debbie Halvorson, American politician.
    Where is the surname Halvorson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Halvorson in the United States.
    Is the surname Halvorson getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,298 in 2010, up 1.8%.