How common is the surname Iversen?

2,562 people in the United States had the surname Iversen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,510 Americans. It ranked 12,164th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Iversen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Iversen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Iversen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,562 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Iversen

A surname, carried by 2,562 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex I162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Iversen is more common than 92.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,562 people named Iversen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,510 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,436.

#12,164

rank among US surnames

2,562

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,774)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,156	Noack	2,563	120,463
#12,164	Lustig	2,562	120,510
#12,170	Barefield	2,561	120,557

Who is named Iversen

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

94% of people named Iversen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Iversen

Iversen has the Soundex code I162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I162.

Questions

How common is the surname Iversen?: 2,562 people in the United States had the surname Iversen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,510 Americans. It ranked 12,164th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Iversen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Iversen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Iversen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,562 in 2010, up 5.2%.