How common is the surname Isaacson?

7,668 people in the United States had the surname Isaacson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,264 Americans. It ranked 4,628th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Isaacson?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Isaacson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Isaacson?

Walter Isaacson, American author, journalist and professor (born 1952).

Where is the surname Isaacson most common?

Wikidata records people named Isaacson in the United States.

Is the surname Isaacson getting more or less common?

More common. 7,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,668 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Isaacson

A patronymic surname, carried by 7,668 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex I225

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Isaacson is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

From Isaac + -son.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,668 people named Isaacson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,264 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,425.

#4,628

rank among US surnames

7,668

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,417)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,623	Tomas	7,673	40,238
#4,625	Lerner	7,672	40,243
#4,627	Olds	7,670	40,254
#4,628	Isaacson	7,668	40,264
#4,629	Manson	7,663	40,290

Who is named Isaacson

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

95% of people named Isaacson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Isaacsons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walter Isaacson
American author, journalist and professor (born 1952)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Isaacson

Isakson

Isaacson has the Soundex code I225, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I225.

Questions

Where does the surname Isaacson come from?: From Isaac + -son.
How common is the surname Isaacson?: 7,668 people in the United States had the surname Isaacson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,264 Americans. It ranked 4,628th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Isaacson?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Isaacson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Isaacson?: Walter Isaacson, American author, journalist and professor (born 1952).
Where is the surname Isaacson most common?: Wikidata records people named Isaacson in the United States.
What type of surname is Isaacson?: Isaacson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Isaacson getting more or less common?: More common. 7,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,668 in 2010, up 3.3%.