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    The surname Nelsen

    A surname, carried by 6,825 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N425

    Nelsen: #5,128 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nelsen #5,128, 6,825 people Nelsen: #5,128 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nelsen #5,128, 6,825 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nelsen is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,825 people named Nelsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,237 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,352.

    #5,128
    rank among US surnames
    6,825
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,066)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,119Yarborough6,83945,145
    #5,121Pounds6,83845,151
    #5,122Flagg6,83445,178
    #5,123Bonham6,83245,191
    #5,124Hughey6,83045,204
    #5,125Totten6,82845,218
    #5,127Lien6,82745,224

    Who is named Nelsen

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

    95% of people named Nelsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nelsen

    Nelsen 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 Nelsen?
    6,825 people in the United States had the surname Nelsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,237 Americans. It ranked 5,128th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nelsen?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nelsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Nelsen getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,825 in 2010, up 7.4%.