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    The surname Torkelson

    A surname, carried by 2,277 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex T624

    Torkelson: #13,376 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Torkelson #13,376, 2,277 people Torkelson: #13,376 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Torkelson #13,376, 2,277 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Torkelson is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,277 people named Torkelson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,593 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,292.

    #13,376
    rank among US surnames
    2,277
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,418)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,368Isler2,280135,415
    #13,370Hatmaker2,279135,474
    #13,375Picone2,278135,534
    #13,376Ferland2,277135,593
    #13,383Gunnell2,276135,653

    Who is named Torkelson

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

    95% of people named Torkelson 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%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Torkelson?
    2,277 people in the United States had the surname Torkelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,593 Americans. It ranked 13,376th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Torkelson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Torkelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Torkelson getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,277 in 2010, down 0.7%.