How common is the last name Nielsen?

42,520 people in the United States have the last name Nielsen, about 1 in 7,030. It ranks #796 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NIELSEN

#796

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
42,520
About
1 in 7,030
This common or more
37.1%
Who bears it

Of the 42,520 people with the last name Nielsen, 91.1% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Nielsen

#794 Tang · 42,548#795 Orr · 42,533#797 Leach · 42,194#798 Roach · 42,179

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,026 Nielson · 11,615#7,876 Nilson · 4,041#8,108 Nilsen · 3,915#94,713 Nilssen · 207

Also a first name

As a first name, Nielsen ranks #42,229 of 53,615, with 171 people. See Nielsen as a first name

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