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    The surname Ohlson

    A surname, carried by 1,603 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O425

    Ohlson: #17,551 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ohlson #17,551, 1,603 people Ohlson: #17,551 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ohlson #17,551, 1,603 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ohlson is more common than 89.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,603 people named Ohlson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,605 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,594.

    #17,551
    rank among US surnames
    1,603
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,581)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,551Farney1,603192,605
    #17,559Cambridge1,602192,725

    Who is named Ohlson

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

    94% of people named Ohlson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ohlson

    Ohlson has the Soundex code O425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O425.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ohlson?
    1,603 people in the United States had the surname Ohlson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,605 Americans. It ranked 17,551st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ohlson?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ohlson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ohlson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,603 in 2010, up 0.6%.