How common is the surname Olmsted?

3,197 people in the United States had the surname Olmsted in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,574 Americans. It ranked 10,082nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Olmsted?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Olmsted identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Olmsted?

Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-190, followed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr..

Where is the surname Olmsted most common?

Wikidata records people named Olmsted in the United States.

Is the surname Olmsted getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,255 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,197 in 2010, down 1.8%.

The surname Olmsted

A surname, carried by 3,197 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Olmsted is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,197 people named Olmsted in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,574 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,255.

#10,082

rank among US surnames

3,197

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,215)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,075	Nemec	3,199	96,513
#10,079	Gaudette	3,198	96,543
#10,082	Kiker	3,197	96,574
#10,085	Risinger	3,196	96,604
#10,088	Kahle	3,195	96,634
#10,090	Koziol	3,194	96,664

Who is named Olmsted

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

95% of people named Olmsted identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
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.

Famous Olmsteds

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frederick Law Olmsted
American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-190
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
American landscape architect (1870–1957)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Olmsted

Olmsted has the Soundex code O452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O452.

Questions

How common is the surname Olmsted?: 3,197 people in the United States had the surname Olmsted in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,574 Americans. It ranked 10,082nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Olmsted?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Olmsted identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Olmsted?: Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-190, followed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr..
Where is the surname Olmsted most common?: Wikidata records people named Olmsted in the United States.
Is the surname Olmsted getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,255 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,197 in 2010, down 1.8%.