# Magnusson (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,996 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,842 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 154,682 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.2% (1,844 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Magnusson 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Magnusson in the United States and Sweden.

## People named Magnusson

- Conrad Magnusson, American tug of war competitor (1874–1924)
- Christine Magnusson, badminton player

## Similar surnames

Magnuson, Magness, Magnus, Maginnis, McKenzie, McKnight, McGinnis, Mackenzie, McInnis, McMichael, McMaster, Messenger.

## 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.