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    The surname Israelson

    A patronymic surname, carried by 533 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex I264

    Israelson: #40,909 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Israelson #40,909, 533 people Israelson: #40,909 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Israelson #40,909, 533 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Israelson is more common than 74.8% of them.

    Origin

    Respelling of Danish and Norwegian Israelsen, or Swedish Israelsson. It could also be a Jewish Ashkenazi patronymic surname from the personal name Israel + -son.

    Israelson 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 533 people named Israelson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 540.

    #40,909
    rank among US surnames
    533
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #38,524)

    Who is named Israelson

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

    96% of people named Israelson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Israelson

    Israelson has the Soundex code I264, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I264.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Israelson come from?
    Respelling of Danish and Norwegian Israelsen, or Swedish Israelsson. It could also be a Jewish Ashkenazi patronymic surname from the personal name Israel + -son.
    How common is the surname Israelson?
    533 people in the United States had the surname Israelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. It ranked 40,909th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Israelson?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Israelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Israelson?
    Israelson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Israelson getting more or less common?
    Less common. 540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 533 in 2010, down 1.3%.