The surname Tollefson
A surname, carried by 3,967 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex T412
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,967 people named Tollefson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,828 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,900.
#8,345
rank among US surnames
3,967
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+1.7%
change since 2000 (was #7,871)
Who is named Tollefson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Tollefson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Questions
- How common is the surname Tollefson?
- 3,967 people in the United States had the surname Tollefson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,828 Americans. It ranked 8,345th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tollefson?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tollefson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Tollefson getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,900 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,967 in 2010, up 1.7%.