How common is the surname Olsson?

2,615 people in the United States had the surname Olsson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,067 Americans. It ranked 11,954th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Olsson?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Olsson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Olsson?

Nigel Olsson, British drummer, followed by Gunnar Olsson.

Where is the surname Olsson most common?

Wikidata records people named Olsson in the United Kingdom and Sweden.

Is the surname Olsson getting more or less common?

More common. 2,476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,615 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Olsson

A Swedish surname, carried by 2,615 people in the United States.

2 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). Olsson is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Olsson.

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,615 people named Olsson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,067 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,476.

#11,954

rank among US surnames

2,615

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,628)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,946	Polly	2,617	117,977
#11,952	Botkin	2,616	118,022
#11,954	McMullan	2,615	118,067
#11,957	Schillinger	2,614	118,112
#11,960	Abernethy	2,613	118,157

Who is named Olsson

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

94% of people named Olsson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Olssons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nigel Olsson
British drummer, born 1949
Gunnar Olsson
Actor and director (1904–1983)
Sean Olsson
British bobsledder, born 1967
Ann-Margret
Actress, born 1941

Notable Olssons come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and Sweden (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Olsson

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

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Olsson come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Olsson.
How common is the surname Olsson?: 2,615 people in the United States had the surname Olsson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,067 Americans. It ranked 11,954th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Olsson?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Olsson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Olsson?: Nigel Olsson, British drummer, followed by Gunnar Olsson.
Where is the surname Olsson most common?: Wikidata records people named Olsson in the United Kingdom and Sweden.
Is the surname Olsson getting more or less common?: More common. 2,476 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,615 in 2010, up 5.6%.