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    The surname Nason

    A surname, carried by 6,040 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N250

    Nason: #5,738 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nason #5,738, 6,040 people Nason: #5,738 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nason #5,738, 6,040 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nason is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,040 people named Nason in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,117 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,940.

    #5,738
    rank among US surnames
    6,040
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,347)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,729Chaffee6,05351,007
    #5,730Maupin6,05151,024
    #5,731Scofield6,04851,049
    #5,732Sim6,04751,058
    #5,734Abeyta6,04651,066
    #5,736Hollenbeck6,04351,091
    #5,737Klug6,04151,108

    Who is named Nason

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

    86% of people named Nason identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nason

    Nason has the Soundex code N250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nason?
    6,040 people in the United States had the surname Nason in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,117 Americans. It ranked 5,738th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nason?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Nason identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Nason getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,040 in 2010, up 22%.