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    The surname Persson

    A surname, carried by 2,106 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P625

    Persson: #14,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Persson #14,238, 2,106 people Persson: #14,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Persson #14,238, 2,106 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Persson is more common than 91.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,106 people named Persson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,603 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,017.

    #14,238
    rank among US surnames
    2,106
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #13,771)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,233Gully2,107146,533
    #14,238Hassinger2,106146,603
    #14,247Mikhail2,105146,672

    Who is named Persson

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

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

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Perssons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sara Persson
      Badminton player, born 1980
    • Joachim Persson
      Badminton player, born 1983

    Notable Perssons come mostly from Sweden (1) and the Kingdom of Denmark (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Persson

    Persson has the Soundex code P625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Persson?
    2,106 people in the United States had the surname Persson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,603 Americans. It ranked 14,238th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Persson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Persson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Persson?
    Sara Persson, badminton player, followed by Joachim Persson.
    Where is the surname Persson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Persson in Sweden and the Kingdom of Denmark.
    Is the surname Persson getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,106 in 2010, up 4.4%.