How common is the surname Neilsen?

1,577 people in the United States had the surname Neilsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. It ranked 17,764th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Neilsen?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Neilsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Neilsen?

Jade Neilsen, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist.

Where is the surname Neilsen most common?

Wikidata records people named Neilsen in Australia.

Is the surname Neilsen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,577 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Neilsen

A surname, carried by 1,577 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neilsen is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,577 people named Neilsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,492.

#17,764

rank among US surnames

1,577

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,426)

Who is named Neilsen

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

93% of people named Neilsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Neilsens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jade Neilsen
Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Neilsen

Neilsen has the Soundex code N425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N425.

Questions

How common is the surname Neilsen?: 1,577 people in the United States had the surname Neilsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,780 Americans. It ranked 17,764th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Neilsen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Neilsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Neilsen?: Jade Neilsen, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist.
Where is the surname Neilsen most common?: Wikidata records people named Neilsen in Australia.
Is the surname Neilsen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,577 in 2010, up 5.7%.