How common is the last name Erickson?

78,808 people in the United States have the last name Erickson, about 1 in 3,793. It ranks #402 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ERICKSON

#402

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
78,808
About
1 in 3,793
This common or more
29.6%
Who bears it

Of the 78,808 people with the last name Erickson, 92.4% reported their origin as White, 3% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Erickson

#400 Page · 79,314#401 Rivas · 78,862#403 Simon · 78,701#404 Cervantes · 78,517

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,812 Ericson · 5,734#9,245 Ericksen · 3,382#10,465 Eriksen · 2,928#11,950 Erikson · 2,501#20,622 Eriksson · 1,301#29,580 Ericsson · 850#35,059 Erekson · 693#37,037 Erichsen · 648

Also a first name

As a first name, Erickson ranks #8,817 of 53,615, with 1,621 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2008, with 50 births. See Erickson as a first name

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