How common is the surname Lassen?

1,701 people in the United States had the surname Lassen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. It ranked 16,789th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lassen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lassen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Lassen most common?

Wikidata records people named Lassen in the Kingdom of Denmark.

Is the surname Lassen getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,701 in 2010, down 3.7%.

The surname Lassen

A Danish surname, carried by 1,701 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lassen is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Danish origin

A surname from Danish.

One of 50 Danish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,701 people named Lassen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. That is down 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,767.

#16,789

rank among US surnames

1,701

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-3.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,269)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,781	Dechant	1,702	181,402
#16,789	Piggott	1,701	181,508
#16,798	Kuss	1,700	181,615

Who is named Lassen

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

94% of people named Lassen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lassens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Inger Lassen
Actress, 1911–1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lassen

Lassen has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

Other Danish surnames

All 50 Danish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lassen come from?: Lassen is Danish in origin.
How common is the surname Lassen?: 1,701 people in the United States had the surname Lassen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. It ranked 16,789th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lassen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lassen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lassen?: Inger Lassen, actress.
Where is the surname Lassen most common?: Wikidata records people named Lassen in the Kingdom of Denmark.
Is the surname Lassen getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,701 in 2010, down 3.7%.