How common is the surname Severson?

10,391 people in the United States had the surname Severson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,713 Americans. It ranked 3,436th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Severson?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Severson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Severson getting more or less common?

More common. 10,214 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,391 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Severson

A surname, carried by 10,391 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Severson is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,391 people named Severson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,713 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,214.

#3,436

rank among US surnames

10,391

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,209)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,427	Griswold	10,417	29,639
#3,428	Gaskins	10,414	29,647
#3,429	McClanahan	10,407	29,667
#3,430	Seward	10,399	29,690
#3,432	Chao	10,398	29,693
#3,433	Rand	10,397	29,696
#3,434	Anglin	10,396	29,698

Who is named Severson

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

94% of people named Severson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Severson

Severson has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

Questions

How common is the surname Severson?: 10,391 people in the United States had the surname Severson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,713 Americans. It ranked 3,436th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Severson?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Severson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Severson getting more or less common?: More common. 10,214 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,391 in 2010, up 1.7%.