How rare is the last name Colson?

9,365 people in the United States have the last name Colson, about 1 in 31,917. It ranks #3,689 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

COLSON

#3,689

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,365
About
1 in 31,917
This common or more
55%
Who bears it

Of the 9,365 people with the last name Colson, 75.1% reported their origin as White, 17.1% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Colson

#3,687 Baptiste · 9,375#3,688 Cone · 9,366#3,690 Lindstrom · 9,361#3,691 Arana · 9,351

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Colson, most common first.

#7,027 Coulson · 4,607#26,649 Coalson · 963#45,998 Coleson · 500

Also a first name

As a first name, Colson ranks #4,810 of 53,615, with 3,752 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 1,099 births. See Colson as a first name

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