How common is the surname Wolfson?

3,740 people in the United States had the surname Wolfson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,552 Americans. It ranked 8,768th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wolfson?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wolfson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wolfson?

Harry Austryn Wolfson, American academic (1887–1974), followed by Louis Wolfson.

Where is the surname Wolfson most common?

Wikidata records people named Wolfson in the United States and the Russian Empire.

Is the surname Wolfson getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,740 in 2010, down 3.4%.

The surname Wolfson

A surname, carried by 3,740 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W412

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wolfson is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,740 people named Wolfson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,552 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,873.

#8,768

rank among US surnames

3,740

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,925)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,761	Files	3,744	82,464
#8,763	Henn	3,743	82,486
#8,765	Sullins	3,741	82,530
#8,768	Wolfson	3,740	82,552
#8,770	Hine	3,738	82,596
#8,772	Partain	3,737	82,619
#8,773	Peer	3,736	82,641

Who is named Wolfson

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

94% of people named Wolfson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wolfsons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harry Austryn Wolfson
American academic (1887–1974)
Louis Wolfson
American writer, 1931–2024
Madeline Kahn
American actress, singer (1942-1999)

Notable Wolfsons come mostly from the United States (2) and the Russian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Wolfson

Wolfgang

Wolfson has the Soundex code W412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W412.

Questions

How common is the surname Wolfson?: 3,740 people in the United States had the surname Wolfson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,552 Americans. It ranked 8,768th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wolfson?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wolfson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wolfson?: Harry Austryn Wolfson, American academic (1887–1974), followed by Louis Wolfson.
Where is the surname Wolfson most common?: Wikidata records people named Wolfson in the United States and the Russian Empire.
Is the surname Wolfson getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,740 in 2010, down 3.4%.