# Iverson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/iverson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Danish or Norwegian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Danish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,539 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,346 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,869 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (15,366 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Danish or Norwegian Iversen.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Iverson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Iverson in the United States and Australia.

## People named Iverson

- Allen Iverson, American basketball player (born 1975)
- Colton Iverson, American basketball player
- Ethan Iverson, American pianist
- Alfred Iverson Sr., American politician (1798–1873)
- Jack Iverson, Australian cricketer (1915-1973)

## Similar surnames

Iversen, Ivers, Ibraguimov.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.