How common is the surname Oleson?

3,734 people in the United States had the surname Oleson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,685 Americans. It ranked 8,780th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Oleson?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Oleson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Oleson?

Brad Oleson, American basketball player.

Where is the surname Oleson most common?

Wikidata records people named Oleson in Spain.

Is the surname Oleson getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,807 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,734 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Oleson

A surname, carried by 3,734 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oleson is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

Variant spelling of Olson.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,734 people named Oleson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,685 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,807.

#8,780

rank among US surnames

3,734

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,034)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,772	Partain	3,737	82,619
#8,773	Peer	3,736	82,641
#8,775	Hosey	3,735	82,663
#8,780	Wille	3,734	82,685
#8,784	Lorenzen	3,733	82,707
#8,787	Nyberg	3,732	82,729
#8,789	Florian	3,731	82,751

Who is named Oleson

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

95% of people named Oleson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Olesons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brad Oleson
American basketball player, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Oleson

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

Questions

Where does the surname Oleson come from?: Variant spelling of Olson.
How common is the surname Oleson?: 3,734 people in the United States had the surname Oleson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,685 Americans. It ranked 8,780th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Oleson?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Oleson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Oleson?: Brad Oleson, American basketball player.
Where is the surname Oleson most common?: Wikidata records people named Oleson in Spain.
Is the surname Oleson getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,807 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,734 in 2010, down 1.9%.