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    The surname Nilson

    A surname, carried by 10,010 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N425

    Nilson: #3,562 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Nilson #3,562, 10,010 people Nilson: #3,562 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nilson #3,562, 10,010 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nilson is more common than 97.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,010 people named Nilson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,844 Americans. That is up 189% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,462.

    #3,562
    rank among US surnames
    10,010
    people in 2010
    3.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +189.1%
    change since 2000 (was #8,737)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,553Allard10,04730,730
    #3,554Kirchner10,04430,739
    #3,555Faber10,03930,755
    #3,556Layman10,03830,758
    #3,557Calvillo10,03230,776
    #3,558Sanborn10,02530,798
    #3,559Harter10,02030,813

    Who is named Nilson

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

    66% of people named Nilson identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nilson

    Nilson 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 Nilson?
    10,010 people in the United States had the surname Nilson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,844 Americans. It ranked 3,562nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nilson?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Nilson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Nilson getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,462 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,010 in 2010, up 189%.