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    The surname Pederson

    A surname, carried by 14,370 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P362

    Pederson: #2,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pederson #2,520, 14,370 people Pederson: #2,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pederson #2,520, 14,370 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pederson is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,370 people named Pederson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,485 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,030.

    #2,520
    rank among US surnames
    14,370
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,366)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,511Vick14,42121,409
    #2,512Jacques14,41721,415
    #2,513Heim14,41421,420
    #2,514Staton14,41321,421
    #2,515Garay14,39321,451
    #2,516Lawler14,38721,460
    #2,517Bowser14,38321,466

    Who is named Pederson

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

    95% of people named Pederson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pedersons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joc Pederson
      American baseball player, born 1992
    • Doug Pederson
      American football player and coach, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pederson

    Pederson has the Soundex code P362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P362.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pederson?
    14,370 people in the United States had the surname Pederson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,485 Americans. It ranked 2,520th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pederson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pederson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Pederson?
    Joc Pederson, American baseball player, followed by Doug Pederson.
    Where is the surname Pederson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pederson in the United States.
    Is the surname Pederson getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,370 in 2010, up 2.4%.