How common is the surname Nielson?

11,511 people in the United States had the surname Nielson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,822 Americans. It ranked 3,137th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nielson?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nielson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nielson getting more or less common?

More common. 10,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,511 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Nielson

A surname, carried by 11,511 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). Nielson is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,511 people named Nielson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,822 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,410.

#3,137

rank among US surnames

11,511

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

+10.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,164)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,128	Burkholder	11,532	26,773
#3,129	Poindexter	11,531	26,775
#3,130	Coyne	11,525	26,789
#3,132	Ellington	11,522	26,796
#3,133	Krieger	11,521	26,799
#3,135	Troutman	11,519	26,803
#3,136	Tello	11,512	26,819

Who is named Nielson

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

94% of people named Nielson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nielson

Nielson 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 Nielson?: 11,511 people in the United States had the surname Nielson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,822 Americans. It ranked 3,137th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nielson?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nielson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nielson getting more or less common?: More common. 10,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,511 in 2010, up 11%.